## Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel ##

AT: "Jehoram was an evil king, just as other kings of Israel who ruled before him had been,"

## as the house of Ahab was doing ##

AT: "the same as the other people in the family of his father-in-law, king Ahab of Israel were doing;" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## for he had Ahab's daughter as his wife ##

Jehoram had married king Ahab's daughter.

## he did what was evil in Yahweh's sight ##

The words "Yahweh's sight" represent Yahweh himself. AT: "Jehoram did things that Yahweh considered very wrong." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## destroy Judah ##

Here the name of the country "Judah" represents the people of that country. AT: "put an end to the people of Judah,"

## since he had told him that he would always give him descendants ##

"since Yahweh had told David that he would always give David descendants."