Text: 2 Chronicles 21:2-20
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 8:16-24
Subject: Rule of Jehoram of Judah
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of Jehoram's wicked reign. 2 Kings 8:16-24 provides a brief summary noting Jehoram "walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done," while the Chronicler dramatically expands the narrative with unique material: Jehoram's fratricide of his brothers, Elijah's prophetic letter predicting divine judgment, the Philistine and Arab invasion, and Jehoram's gruesome intestinal disease. The Chronicler adds the devastating verdict that Jehoram "departed with no one's regret" (lo le-chemdah, 2 Chr 21:20), a uniquely harsh epitaph illustrating the consequences of covenant unfaithfulness.
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Text: 2 Kings 8:16-24
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 21:2-20
Subject: Jehoram's reign — parallel account with major expansions
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of Jehoram's reign with one of the largest divergences in coverage. Kings uses nine verses to note his evil, his marriage to Ahab's daughter, Edom's revolt, and his death. The Chronicler expands to twenty verses, adding: the murder of his brothers and some princes, a letter of judgment from Elijah the prophet (the only letter by a prophet recorded in Scripture), invasions by Philistines and Arabs, a two-year terminal intestinal disease, and the scathing epitaph "he departed with no one's regret" (בְּלֹא חֶמְדָּה, belo chemdah, 2 Chr 21:20). Despite all this, both agree that "the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah for the sake of His servant David" — the unconditional Davidic covenant preserving the line through its darkest hour.
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Text: 2 Kings 8:16
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 21:2
Subject: rule of Jehoram of Judah
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts introduce Jehoram's reign, one of Judah's worst kings. Kings gives a brief negative assessment: "He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he had married a daughter of Ahab." The Chronicler in 2 Chronicles 21:2ff expands dramatically, recording that Jehoram murdered all his brothers upon taking the throne, received a written rebuke from Elijah the prophet, suffered invasion by Philistines and Arabs who carried off his sons and wives, and died of a horrific intestinal disease — "departing with no one's regret" (2 Chr 21:20). Yet even so, "the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David because of the covenant He had made with David" (2 Chr 21:7).