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Text -- 2 Chronicles 21:3-20 (NET)
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21:3 Their father gave them many presents , including silver , gold , and other precious items, along with fortified cities in Judah . But he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn .
21:4 Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful . Then he killed all his brothers , as well as some of the officials of Israel .
21:5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem .
21:6 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel , just as Ahab’s dynasty had done , for he married Ahab’s daughter . He did evil in the sight of the Lord .
21:7 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty because of the promise he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty .
21:8 During Jehoram’s reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king .
21:9 Jehoram crossed over to Zair with his officers and all his chariots . The Edomites , who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers .
21:10 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day . At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah’s control because Jehoram rejected the Lord God of his ancestors .
21:11 He also built high places on the hills of Judah ; he encouraged the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord and led Judah away from the Lord.
21:12 Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet : “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says : ‘You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah ,
21:13 but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel . You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. You also killed your brothers , members of your father’s family , who were better than you.
21:14 So look , the Lord is about to severely afflict your people , your sons , your wives , and all you own .
21:15 And you will get a serious , chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out .”
21:16 The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites .
21:17 They attacked Judah and swept through it. They carried off everything they found in the royal palace , including his sons and wives . None of his sons was left , except for his youngest , Ahaziah .
21:18 After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease .
21:19 After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease , so that he died a very painful death . His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors .
21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem . No one regretted his death; he was buried in the City of David , but not in the royal tombs .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jehoram |
JEHORAM; JORAM |
Israel |
Elijah |
Bowels |
Disease |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Ahaziah |
APOSTASY; APOSTATE |
OBADIAH, BOOK OF |
WRITING, 2 |
Michael |
Jehoahaz |
Writing |
BLOODY FLUX |
Birthright |
Burial |
Edomites |
Death |
JUDAH, KINGDOM OF |
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NET Notes -> 2Ch 21:4; 2Ch 21:4; 2Ch 21:5; 2Ch 21:6; 2Ch 21:6; 2Ch 21:7; 2Ch 21:7; 2Ch 21:7; 2Ch 21:8; 2Ch 21:8; 2Ch 21:9; 2Ch 21:10; 2Ch 21:10; 2Ch 21:10; 2Ch 21:11; 2Ch 21:11; 2Ch 21:12; 2Ch 21:12; 2Ch 21:12; 2Ch 21:12; 2Ch 21:13; 2Ch 21:13; 2Ch 21:14; 2Ch 21:15; 2Ch 21:16; 2Ch 21:17; 2Ch 21:17; 2Ch 21:18; 2Ch 21:19; 2Ch 21:19; 2Ch 21:20; 2Ch 21:20
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NET Notes: 2Ch 21:5 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: 2Ch 21:7 Heb “which he made to David, just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” Here “lamp” is metaphorica...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 21:8 Heb “in his days Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah and enthroned a king over them.”
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NET Notes: 2Ch 21:9 Heb “and he arose at night and defeated Edom, who had surrounded him, and the chariot officers.” The Hebrew text as it stands gives the im...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 21:10 Heb “he.” This pronoun could refer to Judah, but the context focuses on Jehoram’s misdeeds. See especially v. 11.
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NET Notes: 2Ch 21:15 Heb “and you [will have] a serious illness, an illness of the intestines until your intestines come out because of the illness days upon days....
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NET Notes: 2Ch 21:19 Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”
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