2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 21:1 JEHOSHAPHAT SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See notes on 1 Kings 2:10 and 11:43; see 1 Kings 22:50. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 21:6 HE WALKED IN THE WAY OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL. See note on 2 Kings 8:18. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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 HIM AND TO HIS SONS FOREVER. Symbolic language for persistence and permanence in the darkest times, perhaps suggested by the constantly burning temple lamps (2 Chronicles 13:... [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 21:8 EDOM and LIBNAH revolted against Jehoram, and the Chronicler says it was BECAUSE Jehoram HAD FORSAKEN THE LORD, THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS. Libnah was a Judean city on the border with Philistia. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0... [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 21:11 In contrast to his father Jehoshaphat, who removed the HIGH PLACES (2 Chronicles 17:6), Jehoram actually promotes their construction. He was probably influenced in this by his marriage to Athaliah, daughter of the northern king Ahab. The prophets often describ... [ Continue Reading ]