He buried it in his own family grave, and he and his sons mourned over it, saying, "Oh my brother, my brother!"

All the people of Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He will be the only member of Jeroboam's family who will be properly buried, because he is the only one with whom the LORD, the God of Israel, is pleased.

For almost two years it grew steadily worse until finally the king died in agony. His subjects did not light a bonfire in mourning for him as had been done for his ancestors.

Jehoram had become king at the age of thirty-two and had ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. Nobody was sorry when he died. They buried him in David's City, but not in the royal tombs.

All the kings of the earth lie in their magnificent tombs,

Because you ruined your country and killed your own people, you will not be buried like other kings. None of your evil family will survive.

So then, the LORD says about Josiah's son Jehoiakim, king of Judah, "No one will mourn his death or say, 'How terrible, my friend, how terrible!' No one will weep for him or cry, 'My lord! My king!'

With the funeral honors of a donkey, he will be dragged away and thrown outside Jerusalem's gates."