2 Chronicles 21:13
But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:
Cross-references
In 2 Chronicles 21:11, Jehoram made high places and led Judah astray—the same sin described here.
2 Chronicles 21:4 records the actual killing of his brothers, which the main verse condemns—providing the historical event behind the accusation.
2 Chronicles 24:18 shows later Judah abandoning God and facing wrath—the same apostasy cycle Jehoram began.
Deuteronomy 31:16 warns Israel will 'play the harlot' after foreign gods—the same imagery used here for Jehoram leading Judah into apostasy.
1 John 3:12 describes Cain's murder of his righteous brother—mirroring Jehoram's killing of his better brothers.
Jeremiah 3:9 continues the adultery metaphor, showing that such harlotry defiles the land—just as Jehoram's actions did in Judah.
Jeremiah 3:8 describes Israel's adultery that led to divorce—Jehoram's harlotries mirror that same pattern of covenant unfaithfulness.
2 Kings 9:22 mentions the 'harlotries of Jezebel,' directly linking Jehoram's sin to the house of Ahab as stated in the main verse.
In 1 Kings 16:30-33, Ahab served Baal and led Israel astray—exactly what Jehoram copied.
In 1 Kings 16:25, Omri did great evil—the kind of kings Jehoram imitated.
1 Kings 2:31-33 describes bloodguilt returning on the murderer who killed more righteous men—exactly Jehoram's sin against his better brothers.
Judges 9:56 records God repaying Abimelech for killing his seventy brothers—a direct parallel to Jehoram's fratricide and its divine judgment.
Exodus 34:15 uses the same 'play the harlot' language for idolatry, reinforcing that Jehoram's sin is spiritual unfaithfulness like the Canaanites.
2 Kings 8:18 attributes Jehoram's evil to his marriage to Ahab's daughter—the same point made here about walking in Ahab's ways.
1 Kings 2:32 states God repays bloodguilt for killing better men—identical to Jehoram's fratricide.
In Hosea 1:2, the same 'whoredom' imagery describes Israel's spiritual adultery against the LORD, echoing the accusation of making Judah play the harlot.
In Hosea 4:12, a 'spirit of whoredom' leads people astray, mirroring the charge that Jehoram led Judah into spiritual harlotry.
2 Kings 17:19 notes Judah followed Israel's sinful customs—the same pattern Jehoram initiated.
1 Chronicles 5:25 describes tribes whoring after foreign gods—similar to Jehoram leading Judah into idolatry.