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Verse 2 Chronicles 21:7. _TO GIVE A LIGHT TO HIM_] To give him a
_descendant_....
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3. DECLINE AND APOSTASY UNDER JEHORAM, AHAZIAH AND ATHALIAH
CHAPTER 21 The Reign of Jehoram
_ 1. Jehoram's wicked reign (2 Chronicles 21:1)_
2. Revolt of Edom (2 Chronicles 21:8)
3. Revolt of Libn...
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THE REIGN OF JEHORAM (see notes on 1 Kings 22:50; 2 Kings 8:17). A
large part of this section has nothing corresponding to it in 1 and 2
K.
2 Chronicles 21:1. _Cf._...
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THE COVENANT. Compare 2 Samuel 7:12.
AS. according as.
A LIGHT. a lamp. Compare 1 Kings 15:4; 1 Kings 11:36. The word always
refers to this promise to David....
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_the house of David_ In 2 Kin. _Judah_, a term sparingly used in
Chron.; cp. 2 Chronicles 11:3 (note).
_a light_ R.V. A LAMP. Thus figuratively applied the Heb. word is
written _nîr_; ordinarily "lam...
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6. THE REIGN OF JEHORAM (2 Chronicles 21:5-20)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 21:5. Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began
to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6. And he walked in
the wa...
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_HOWBEIT THE LORD WOULD NOT DESTROY THE HOUSE OF DAVID, BECAUSE OF THE
COVENANT THAT HE HAD MADE WITH DAVID, AND AS HE PROMISED TO GIVE A
LIGHT TO HIM AND TO HIS SONS FOR EVER._
No JFB commentary on...
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REIGN OF JEHOKAM
This chapter in part reproduces 2 Kings 8:17 but adds several
particulars respecting the judgments brought upon Jehoram....
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 21
JEHORAM BECOMES KING OF JUDAH – 2 CHRONICLES 21:1-7
V1
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THE LORD WOULD NOT DESTROY THE HOUSE OF DAVID ... — An exegetical
(not _arbitrary,_ as Thenius asserts) expansion of “The Lord would
not destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant” (Kings).
THE...
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וְ לֹא ־אָבָ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה לְ הַשְׁחִית֙
אֶת
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JEHORAM, AHAZIAH, AND ATHALIAH: THE CONSEQUENCES OF A FOREIGN MARRIAGE
2 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Chronicles 23:1
THE accession of Jehoram is one of the instances in which
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With the passing of Jehoshaphat another period of degeneracy and
darkness set in for the kingdom of Judah. He was succeeded by his
first-born, Jehoram, who seems to have been a man of utterly evil
nat...
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_Lamp; heir and successor. C. Psalm cxxxi. 17._...
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God's covenant love is a point of so much importance to be attended to
in the history of the church, that the Holy Ghost hath caused it to be
recorded both here and in the parallel, history, 2 Kings 8...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21 THROUGH 26.
Finally, the king perishes, according to Elijah's prediction. Disaster
upon disaster falls upon Judah in consequence of this connection with
th...
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2 Chronicles 21:5....
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Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the
covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a
light to him and to his sons for ever.
Ver. 7. _As he promised...
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1 Iehoram succeeding Iehoshaphat, slayeth his brethren.
5 His wicked reigne.
8 Edom and Libnah reuolt.
12 The prophecie of Eliiah against him in writing.
16 Philistines and Arabians oppresse him....
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THE REIGN OF JEHORAM
(vv.1-20)
Though verse 1 speaks of Jehoram's reigning when Jehoshaphat died, it
is made clear in2 Kings 8:16 that Jehoram began to reign before
Jehoshaphat's death, for it reads...
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LIGHT:
_ Heb._ lamp, or candle...
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1-11 Jehoram hated his brethren, and slew them, for the same reason
that Cain hated Abel, and slew him, because their piety condemned his
impiety. In the mystery of Providence such men sometimes prosp...
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BECAUSE OF THE COVENANT THAT HE HAD MADE WITH DAVID; for which, in 2
KINGS 8:19, it is for David his servant's sake, i.e. not for David's
merits, but for God's free promise and covenant, as it is here...
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2 Chronicles 21:7 LORD H3068 would H14 (H8804) destroy H7843 (H8687)
house H1004 David H1732 covenant H1285
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CONTENTS: Jehoram's wicked reign over Judah and its accompanying
disasters.
CHARACTERS: God, Jehoram, Elijah, Libnah.
CONCLUSION: Bad men bring judgment upon themselves and all about them.
Wickednes...
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2 Chronicles 21:2. _Jehoshaphat king of Israel._ Many think that
Israel is here put for Judah; but many of the ten tribes now placed
themselves under Jehoshaphat; the text may therefore be correct, Go...
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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 21:7 BECAUSE OF THE COVENANT THAT
HE HAD MADE WITH DAVID. See 1 Chronicles 17:14. a lamp to
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2 CHRONICLES 21:2 Jehoram and Ahaziah. God is faithful to his promise
to preserve David’s lineage, even when specific Davidic kings behave
like the wicked King Ahab.
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter corresponds with 2 Kings 8:16; contains
Jehoshaphat’s family arrangements (2 Chronicles 21:1); beginning and
character of Jehoram’s reign (2 Chronicles 21:5); the writing...
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EXPOSITION
The matter of this chapter may be divided into four parts. The death
and burial of Jehoshaphat, and the number, names, and position of his
sons (2 Chronicles 21:1). The accession and wicked...
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Now Jehoshaphat died, and was buried with his fathers in the city of
David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. And he had brothers
who were also sons of Jehoshaphat [and it names several of the...
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1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:36; 2 Chronicles 22:11; 2 Kings 8:19;...