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.
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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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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.
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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 HIM AND TO
HIS SONS FOREVER. Symbolic language for persistence and permanence in
the darkest times, perhaps suggested by the constantly burning temple
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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.
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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.
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