2 Chronicles 21:1
XXI. (1) NOW. — _And._ SLEPT. — _Lay down._ The verse is literally the same as 1 Kings 22:50.... [ Continue Reading ]
XXI. (1) NOW. — _And._ SLEPT. — _Lay down._ The verse is literally the same as 1 Kings 22:50.... [ Continue Reading ]
REIGN OF JEHORAM (2 Chronicles 21:2). THE NEW KING MURDERS HIS SIX BROTHERS (2 Chronicles 21:2). (2) AZARIAH... AND AZARIAH. — Heb. _‘Azaryâh_... _and Azaryâhû,_ different forms of the same name. All the versions give one form only. An old error of transcription may be involved (comp. 1 Chronicles... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHORAM’S IDOLATRY. THE REVOLT OF EDOM AND LIBNAH (2 Chronicles 21:5). This section is parallel with 2 Kings 8:17. (5) JEHORAM WAS THIRTY AND TWO YEARS OLD. — 2 Kings 8:17, “_he_ was;_”_ because the name had just occurred in the former verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE WALKED IN THE WAY. — A repetition of 2 Kings 8:18, _literatim. _... [ Continue Reading ]
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 COVENANT THAT HE HAD MADE WITH DAVID. — Literally, _for David._ So Isaiah 55:3, “I will make an ever... [ Continue Reading ]
IN HIS DAYS THE EDOMITES REVOLTED. — 2 Kings 8:20. See also 1 Kings 22:47, from which it appears that under Jehoshaphat “a deputy,” or viceroy, ruled in Edom. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 20:35, Note.)... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN JEHORAM WENT FORTH. — _And Jehoram passed over._ WITH HIS PRINCES. — _Captains_ (_‘im sârâv_); Kings, “to Zair,” which appears to be a corruption of “to Seir.” The chronicler has substituted an intelligible for an obscure expression. AND HE ROSE UP BY NIGHT, AND SMOTE THE EDOMITES WHICH COMPA... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THIS DAY. — See on 2 Chronicles 5:9. The date thus assigned is some time prior to the captivity. No account is taken of Amaziah’s reduction of Edom (2 Chronicles 25:11), which was probably not permanent. THE SAME TIME ALSO. — Literally, _then revolted Libnah at that time._ 2 Kings 8:22 ends her... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER HE MADE. — There is a stress on the pronoun, “_he_ made,” in contrast with Asa and Jehoshaphat, his worthier predecessors (2 Chronicles 17:6). Or _he himself,_ and not the people. LXX., καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν. From this point to the end of the reign the narrative is peculiar to the chronicl... [ Continue Reading ]
ELIJAH’S LETTER TO JEHORAM (2 Chronicles 21:12). (12) AND THERE CAME A WRITING TO HIM FROM ELIJAH THE PROPHET. — Rather, _to him a writing._ This is the chronicler’s only mention of the great prophet of the northern kingdom. Elijah, though a very old man, may have been still alive. His extreme age w... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HAST MADE... TO GO A WHORING — _i.e._, “caused to commit fornication” (2 Chronicles 21:11). Like to the whoredoms, infinitive of the same verb; _as the house of Ahah causeth them to commit fornication._ This verb, _zânâh,_ occurred in 1 Chronicles 5:25, but the writer does not use it again. HAS... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, WITH A GREAT PLAGUE WILL THE LORD SMITE THY PEOPLE. — Literally, _Behold, Jehovah is about to smite a great smiting in thy people and in thy sons._ The immediate object of the verb is not expressed. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 21:18.) It was Jehoram himself who was smitten _in_ his people, and _in_... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT HAVE GREAT SICKNESS. — Literally, _And thou thyself shalt be in great diseases through diseasing of thy bowels._ (Comp. for the two synonyms; Deuteronomy 28:59; Proverbs 18:14) FALL OUT. — _Come out._ DAY BY DAY. — Literally, _days upon days, i.e.,_ probably, “a year upon a year,” o... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER. — _And,_ here equivalent to _so._ THE LORD STIRRED UP AGAINST JEHORAM. — Isaiah 13:17. The phrase, “stirred up the spirit” — _i.e., the will_ — of a man to an undertaking, is found in Jeremiah 51:11; Haggai 1:14 (Comp. 1 Chronicles 5:26; Ezra 1:1.) THE PHILISTINES, AND OF THE ARABIANS. —... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BRAKE INTO IT. — Literally, _clave it asun-der_ (Exodus 14:16). Here as in 1 Chronicles 11:18; 2 Samuel 23:16. AND CARRIED AWAY ALL THE SUBSTANCE... HIS WIVES. — This statement implies that the enemy entered Jerusalem, although the chronicler has not expressly said it. In the same way (2 Chroni... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH AN INCURABLE DISEASE. — This is correct. Literally, _to a disease, to want of healing._ (Comp. 2 Chronicles 36:16.) The Syriac and Arabic make 2 Chronicles 21:16 part of the prophecy.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN PROCESS OF TIME. — Comp. 2 Chronicles 21:15. Literally, _at days from days, i.e.,_ “a year after a year,” or “after two years.” AFTER THE END OF TWO YEARS. — This clause more exactly defines the preceding. Literally, _and about the time of the going forth of the end of two years, i.e.,_ when two... [ Continue Reading ]
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 writer was here transcribing from another source. AND DEPARTED WITHOUT BEING DESIRED. — _And he dep... [ Continue Reading ]