and you will have great sickness with a disease of your bowels, until your bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day by day.’ ”
Yahweh stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians who are beside the Ethiopians; and they came up against Judah, broke into it, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king’s house, including his sons and his wives; so that there was no son left him, except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
After all this Yahweh struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease. In process of time, at the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of severe diseases. His people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He departed without being missed; and they buried him in David’s city, but not in the tombs of the kings.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv15, 16, 17, 20 We see this example daily practiced upon them that…
We see this example daily practiced upon them that fall away from God, and become idolaters and murderers of their brethren.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv15–20 2Ch 21:15 And thou [shalt have] great sickness by…
2Ch 21:15 And thou [shalt have] great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
Ver. 15. And thou shalt have great sickness.] Eris in morbis. See this accomplished. {2Ch 21:19}
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Until thy bowels fall out.] Philip II of Spain, who set forth the great armada against England, 1588, and was a great persecutor of the Lutherans within his own dominions, died a like death, A.D. 1598. So did Herod, Maximian, Arrius, &c.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv15, 16, 17, 20 i.e. From day to day continually. Or, year upon…
i.e. From day to day continually. Or, year upon year, i.e. one year after another, or for the space of two years, as the event shows, 2Ch 21:19. Heb. days upon days. Days are oft put for a year, as Exo 13:10; Lev 25:29; Num 9:22; Jdg 17:10; 1Sa 1:3; 1Sa 27:7; Amo 4:4.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv15–17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into…
And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, &c. l In an hostile manner:
and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, his gold, silver, and precious things, the rich furniture of his palace; no mention is made of any other plunder in the city, or the country; so that they seem to have had their principal eye to the king's palace, and the spoil of that; being so directed by the providence of God, who had stirred them up to do this as a punishment of Jehoram:
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and his sons also, and his wives; these they also carried away, all but Athaliah, who hid herself; he through his disease not being able to make any opposition, or to get any forces together to withstand them:
so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons; the same that is called Ahaziah and Azariah, Ch2 22:1 so the prophecy in Ch2 21:14 was fulfilled.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv15, 16, 17, 20 People - Because the generality of them sinned, in…
People - Because the generality of them sinned, in complying with his wicked and idolatrous commands. Wives - Whose lives shall go for the lives of thy brethren, ver. 4.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv15–20 Verse 15. Until thy bowels fall out] This must…
Verse 15. Until thy bowels fall out] This must have been occasioned by a violent inflammation: by the same death perished Antiochus Epiphanes, and Herod Agrippa.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv15–20 2Ch 21:15. By reason of the sickness day by…
2Ch 21:15. By reason of the sickness day by day — That is, from day to day continually, Hebrew, days upon days: or, (as days are often put for a year,) year upon year: that is, one year after another for two years, as the event shows, 2Ch 21:19.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv16, 17, 20 The Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians - Probably…
The Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians - Probably Joktanian Arabs from the neighborhood of the Cushites. Southern Arabia was originally occupied by Cushites, or Ethiopians Gen 10:7, whose descendants still exist in a remnant of the Himyaritic Arabs.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv15, 16, 17, 19, 20 By little. Heb. "by reason of the sickness, (H.)…
By little. Heb. "by reason of the sickness, (H.) day by day," or in two years time, v. 19. C. --- He was probably ill so long. H. --- Agrippa and Antiochus were treated in the same manner, (C.) with a diarrhœa, (M.) or dysentery, (C.) the vitals being corrupted. Valesius 40.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv15, 16, 17, 19, 20 15. Great sickness by disease of thy bowels —…
15. Great sickness by disease of thy bowels — Appropriate punishment for him who had no “bowels of compassion” for his own brethren, who were better than himself. Jehoram’s “incurable disease,” as described in this verse and in 2Ch_21:18-19, must have been of the most loathsome and excruciating character. “Trusen holds this disease to have been a violent dysentery, being an inflammation of the nervous tissue of the whole great intestine, which causes the overlying mucous membrane to decay and peel off, which then falls out often in tube-shape, so that the intestines appear to fall from the body.” — Keil.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv15, 16, 17, 19, 20 15. day by day] R.V. mg., year after year;…
15. day by day] R.V. mg., year after year; a prolonged sickness.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv15–20 (15) And thou shalt have great sickness.—Literally, And thou…
(15) And thou shalt have great sickness.—Literally, And thou thyself shalt be in great diseases through diseasing of thy bowels. (Comp. for the two synonyms; Deu_28:59, Pro_18:14)
Fall out.—Come out.
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Day by day.—Literally, days upon days, i.e., probably, “a year upon a year,” or “in two years.” (Comp. 2Ch_21:19, and 1Sa_1:3; Isa_29:1.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv15–20 Therefore against Jehoram and Judas Iscariot and Herod was…
Therefore against Jehoram and Judas Iscariot and Herod was it decreed that their very bowels should bear witness.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v20 And departed without being desired.
2Ch_21:20
And departed without being desired.
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The undesirableness of a wicked mans life
I. Such life is not desirable on its own account. Two facts will show this.
1. His highest enjoyments are unsatisfactory and brief. It is impossible for us to be satisfied in any condition where we have not a consciousness of right, a sense of Divine favour, a hope of a bright future, and the pulsation of holy loves. Observe--
(1) How foolish to aim at such a life as this.
(2) How foolish to envy such a life as this.
2. That the longer it continues the greater becomes his responsibility.
II. Such a life is not desirable on account of others.
1. It renders no real good to others.
2. It produces incalculable mischief. In the spiritual, as in the material, like begets like. One sinner destroyeth much good. (Homilist.)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v17 Called Ahaziah, 2Ch 22:1; 2Ch 22:6 and Azariah:
Jehoahaz
Called Ahaziah, 2Ch 22:1; 2Ch 22:6 and Azariah:
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv16, 18 stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines…
stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and of the Arabians
Stirring the spirit is a metonym for making someone want to act. Here "spirit" is singular and refers to the Philistines as a group and to the Arabians as a group. AT: "provoked against Jehoram the Philistines and the Arabians" (See: Metonymy)
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against Jehoram
Here Jehoram refers to Jehoram and the people of Judah that he ruled. AT: "against Jehoram and the people of Judah" (See: Synecdoche)
the spirit of the Philistines and of the Arabians who were near the Cushites
The Philistines and the Arabians were two different nations. The Arabians lived southeast of Judah near the Cushites, and the Philistines lived west of Judah. These nations were stirred up separately. This can be made explicit. AT: "the spirit of the Philistines and the spirit of the Arabians who were near the Cushites" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
No son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son
"They took away all of his sons except Jehoahaz, his youngest son" or "The only son they left to him was Jehoahaz, his youngest son"
Jehoahaz, his youngest son
This same son is called "Ahaziah" in 2 Chronicles 22:01.
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Philistines
Arabia
Ethiopia
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv16, 18 21:16-17 Jehoram’s inability to resist the initial revolts of…
21:16-17 Jehoram’s inability to resist the initial revolts of Edom and Libnah (21:8-10) encouraged other attacks on Judah, this time by the Philistines and the Arabs. Once again, the royal line was nearly destroyed.
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