Joram becomes King of Israel, following in line after his father, Ahab. His rule is doomed, however, due both to Ahab's wrongdoing and to Joram's.
One of Joram's commanders, Jehu, receives an anointing and leads a revolt that ultimately results in his claiming the kingship of Israel. As Jehu advances on Joram's quarters, the latter sends messengers to inquire if Jehu is coming in peace. Not one of the messengers returns to Joram; so Joram leaves his stronghold and goes out to meet Jehu. They encounter one another at the site of the property that had once belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite.
That meeting place brings the story full circle, for Ahab had taken Naboth's land after his wife, Queen Jezebel, had murdered Naboth via a conspiracy. The sins of Joram's father, Ahab, are fully visited upon Joram. Jehu kills Joram and exterminates the rest of Ahab's family.
Naboth is vindicated, although he does not live to see it.
How often do we revisit the places where we sinned? Do our children, grandchildren, and other descendants visit those same places?
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