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John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 21:20

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.

Ver. 20. Departed without being desired.] Ingloria vita recessit. As he lived wickedly, so he died wishedly. The like is reported of Tiberius the emperor; of Mohammed I; of Edwin, king of this land; of William Rufus, who died unlamented, as being a contemner of all religion, alieni appetens, sacrorum direptor, et avaritia et saevitia infamis, saith the historian.

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See also 2 Chronicles 21:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Chronicles 21:20. _DEPARTED WITHOUT BEING DESIRED._] He was hated while he lived, and neglected when he died; visibly cursed of God, and necessarily execrated by the people whom he had lived...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    NOT IN THE SEPULCHRES OF THE KINGS - Compare the similar treatment of Joash 2 Chronicles 24:25 and Ahaz 2 Chronicles 28:27....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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._...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WITHOUT BEING DESIRED. unregretted. SLAIN ALL THE ELDEST. See note on 2 Chronicles 21:17....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _and departed without being desired_ Render, HE LIVED SO THAT NONE DESIRED HIM (or "delighted in him"). Cp. LXX., ἐπορεύθη οὐκ ἐν ἐπαίνῳ, lit. "he walked without praise." _Howbeit_ R.V. AND. _but no...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    21:20 regretted. (h-22) Lit. 'desired.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    REIGN OF JEHOKAM This chapter in part reproduces 2 Kings 8:17 but adds several particulars respecting the judgments brought upon Jehoram....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DEPARTED.. DESIRED] i.e. he died unregretted. But some (following LXX) render 'he walked (I.e. lived) in an undesirable way.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THIRTY AND TWO YEARS. — The word “years” has fallen out of the Hebrew text; but some MSS. contain it. The repetition of his age, &c, is curious. (See 2 Chronicles 21:6.) It seems to indicate that the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בֶּן ־שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּ שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ הָיָ֣ה בְ מָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, (l) and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the se...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Rightly. Sept. "unpraised." Heb. "without any satisfaction;" or, "he departed unregretted," oppressed with illness, and odious to all. --- Kings. Joas, Achaz, Achab, and Manasses, were disgraced in li...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And as he lived so he died, unpitied and disregarded. No funeral pomp, nor tears to lament his loss. Nay, the Holy Ghost hath marked it down, as if to be particularly noticed, t hat he departed withou...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _‘UNWEPT, UNHONOURED, AND UNSUNG’_ ‘He departed without being desired.’ 2 Chronicles 21:20 It is related of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat—a worthy father’s foolish son—that after a reign of eight...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THIRTY AND TWO YEARS OLD WAS HE WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED IN JERUSALEM EIGHT YEARS,.... See 2 Kings 8:17, AND DEPARTED WITHOUT BEING DESIRED; to live, either by himself, being weary of l...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And departed_ Hebrew, _went_, namely, _the way of all the earth_, as it is more fully expressed Joshua 23:14. Or, _to the land of darkness, Job 10:21_. Or, to his _long home, Ecclesiastes 12:5_. Or,...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord's Punishment upon Jehoram...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired; no one regretted his death, it was a relief for the entire kingdom....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WITHOUT BEING DESIRED: _ Heb._ without desire...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-20 A warning from God was sent to Jehoram. The Spirit of prophecy might direct Elijah to prepare this writing in the foresight of Jehoram's crimes. He is plainly told that his sin should certainly...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    DEPARTED, Heb. _went_, to wit, _the way of all the earth_, as it is more fully expressed, JOSHUA 23:14. Or, _to the land of darkness_, as JOB 10:21,22. Or, to _his long home_, Ecclesiastes

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Chronicles 21:20 thirty-two H7970 H8147 years H1121 king H4427 (H8800) reigned H4427 (H8804) Jerusalem H3

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    2 Chronicles 21:20 I. Notice, first, a lesson for parents, which is this: Folly in fathers may become sin in their sons. The pious king Jehoshaphat showed his children a good example, so far as we kno...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And departed without being desired._ THE UNDESIRABLENESS OF A WICKED MAN’S LIFE I. Such life is not desirable on its own account. Two facts will show this. 1. His highest enjoyments are unsatisfac...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    THE MAN WHOM NOBODY MISSED He departed without being desired. 2 Chronicles 21:20. I think this is the very saddest epitaph that was ever written about any man. If you walk through a cemetery you wil...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 21:11 In contrast to his father Jehoshaphat, who removed the HIGH PLACES (2 Chronicles 17:6), Jehoram actual

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 21:5; 2 Chronicles 23:21; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 22:28;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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