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.
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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.
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And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
And it came to pass, that in process of time, at the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed joyless; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Cross-references (11)
- 2 Chronicles 16:14 (v19) They buried him in his own tomb, which he had dug out for himself in David’s city, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet…
- 2 Chronicles 21:15 (v18) 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.’ ”
- Jeremiah 22:18 (v20) Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They won’t lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah…
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 (v20) When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada…
- 2 Chronicles 28:27 (v20) Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem, because they didn’t bring him into the tombs of the kings…
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- Jeremiah 22:28 (v20) Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which no one delights? Why are they cast out, he and his offspring, and cast…
- Acts 12:23 (v18) Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.
- 2 Kings 9:29 (v18) In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 23:21 (v20) So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword.
- Proverbs 10:7 (v20) The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Jeremiah 34:5 (v19) You will die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will make a burning for you.…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v20 That is, as some write, he was not regarded,…
That is, as some write, he was not regarded, but deposed for his wickedness, and idolatry: so that his son reigned 22 years (his father yet living) without honor, and after his father’s death he was confirmed to reign still, as 2 Chron. 22:2.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv18–20 2Ch 21:18 And after all this the LORD smote…
2Ch 21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
Ver. 18. And after all this.] Because he proved incorrigible. Plectimur, nec tamen flectimur.
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Smote him in his bowels.] So he did Arrius; John de Roma, that cruel persecutor; Alexander, the cruel keeper of Newgate; Twiford, who was executioner of Frith, Bayfield, Bainham, Lambert, Tewkesbury, and other good men in Henry VIII’s time; {a} and Arminius, who, being grievously tormented with a cough, gout, ague, and incessant pain in his bowels, ended his wretched days at Leyden, where he had craftily revived the heresy of Pelagius.
{a} Act. and Mon., 1904; Ibid., 1146.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v20 Departed, Heb. went, to wit, the way of all…
Departed, Heb. went, to wit, the way of all the earth, as it is more fully expressed, Jos 23:14. Or, to the land of darkness, as Job 10:21,22. Or, to his long home, Ecc 12:5. Or, went away, to wit, out of this world; as this word is used, Job 14:20; Ecc 5:15; 6:4; there being many such words and phrases used concerning death in the Old and New Testament, signifying that death is not an annihilation, but only a translation into another place and state. See Gen 15:15; Phi 1:23.
Without being desired, Heb. without desire; which may belong either,
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1. To himself; he had no desire of living longer, nor any pleasure in life, but was heartily weary of it, through his excessive pains: or rather,
2. To his people, who did not desire that he should live longer, but oft and heartily wished that he had died sooner; which contempt of him they showed both by making no burning for him, as they used to do for good and laudable kings, 2Ch 16:14, and by denying him burial among the kings, as it here follows. Desire is here put for a person or thing whose life or continuance is desirable or desired by others, as Isa 2:16; Eze 24:16,18,21,25; Da 9:23; 10:11,19. And this is an emphatical expression, because it is usual with men to desire the deaths of some persons, whom afterward they lament and heartily wish that they were alive again, as they may have cause to do. But for this ungodly and unhappy prince, his people did not only in his lifetime wish his death, but afterwards they did not repent of those desires, nor wish him alive again, but rejoiced that they were delivered from so great a plague as he was to them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v20 Desired - This is an emphatical expression, because it…
Desired - This is an emphatical expression, because it is usual with men to desire the deaths of some persons, whom afterward they lament, and heartily wish they were alive again. But for this ungodly and unhappy prince, his people did not only in his life time wish his death, but afterwards did not repent of those desires.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv18–20 Verse 18. The Lord smote him] "And after all…
Verse 18. The Lord smote him] "And after all these things the WORD Of the Lord smote his bowels," &c. - Targum.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv18–20 2Ch 21:18. The Lord smote him in his bowels…
2Ch 21:18. The Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease — Dr. Mede observes, two impious kings are recorded to have had the same end that this Jehoram had: Antiochus Epiphanes and Agrippa, of whom it was said, εις τι σπλαγχνα τοις ου σπλαγχνιζομενοις, “Of what avail are bowels to those who have no bowels, who show no pity or compassion?” It is true, even good men, and those who are dear to God, may be afflicted with diseases of this kind: but to such they are fatherly chastisements, and, by the support of divine consolation, the soul may have ease and peace, even then when the body is afflicted with pain; which certainly was not the case with Jehoram.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v20 Not in the sepulchres of the kings - Compare…
Not in the sepulchres of the kings - Compare the similar treatment of Joash 2Ch 24:25 and Ahaz 2Ch 28:27.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv19–20 And. Prot. "And it came to pass that, in…
And. Prot. "And it came to pass that, in the process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out, by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases: And his people made no burning for him," &c. (H.) not that the body was usually consumed, but no aromatical spices were burned near it, (Sanctius; T.) as in the funeral of Asa, C. xvi. 14. C. --- The point is controverted. M.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv19–20 19. His people made no burning for him —…
19. His people made no burning for him — As they did for Asa his grandfather. 2Ch_16:14, note.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv19–20 18–20 (cp. 2Ki_8:24). Death and Burial of Jehoram
18–20 (cp. 2Ki_8:24). Death and Burial of Jehoram
19. after the end] R.V. at the end.
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by reason of his sickness] LXX. μετὰ τῆς νόσου, i.e. in the course of his sickness.
no burning] Cp. 2Ch_16:14 (note).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv18–20 (18) With an incurable disease.—This is correct. Literally, to…
(18) With an incurable disease.—This is correct. Literally, to a disease, to want of healing. (Comp. 2Ch_36:16.) The Syriac and Arabic make 2Ch_21:16-18 part of the prophecy.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv18–20 An incurable disease; i.e. it was so severe that…
An incurable disease; i.e. it was so severe that it was in this case incurable.
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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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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v18 Yahweh struck him in his intestines with an incurable…
Yahweh struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease
Here "struck" is an idiom that means Yahweh caused him to be sick. AT: "Yahweh caused him to suffer from an incurable disease in his intestines" (See: Idiom)
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It came about
This phrase marks an important event in the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
in due time
This is an idiom that refers to a set or appointed time. AT: "in the proper time" or "when the time was right" (See: Idiom)
made no fire in his honor as they had done for his ancestors
The custom of the Israelites was to make a bonfire to honor the king who had died. They did not do this for Jehoram to express their contempt for him. This can be stated explicitly. AT: "did not make a bonfire to honor him as they normally did to honor kings when they died" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
when he departed no one mourned him
"no one was sad that he died"
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Yahweh
die
honor
reign
Jerusalem
David
grave
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v18 21:18-20 Jehoram died after a long and painful bowel…
21:18-20 Jehoram died after a long and painful bowel disease. He was not given the dignity of an honorary funeral rite (see 16:14) and was buried in disgrace away from the royal cemetery.
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