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Introduction
Overview
2 Chronicles 21 . 1 , Jehoram , succeeding Jehoshaphat , slays his brethren; 2 Chronicles 21 . 5 , His wicked reign; 2 Chronicles 21 . 8 , Edom and Libnah revolt; 2 Chronicles 21 . 12 , The prophecy of Elijah against him in writing; 2 Chronicles 21 . 16 , Philistines and Arabians oppress him; 2 Chronicles 21 . 18 , His incurable disease , infamous death , and burial.
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Jehoshaphat . 1 Kings 22 . 50
was buried . 2 Chronicles 21 . 20 , 2 Chronicles 9 . 31 , 2 Chronicles 12 . 16
Jehoram . 2 Kings 8 . 16 , 2 Kings 8 . 17
reigned . "Alone.
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 2 . 32 . buried 2 Kings 8 . 24 . Ahaziah 1 Chronicles 3 . 11 . Joram Matthew 1 . 8 . Joram Acts 13 . 36 . and was
Israel . Jehoshaphat was certainly not king of Israel , but of Judah . Yisrael must therefore be a mistake for Yehoodah; which is the reading of thirty-eight of Dr. Kennicott's and De Rossi's manuscripts , and of the Syriac , Arabic , Septuagint , and Vulgate. 2 Chronicles 21 . 4 , 2 Chronicles 12 . 6 , 2 Chronicles 23 . 2 , 2 Chronicles 24 . 5 , 2 Chronicles 24 . 16 , 2 Chronicles 28 . 19 , 2 Chronicles 28 . 23 , 2 Chronicles 28 . 27 , 2 Chronicles 33 . 18 , 2 Chronicles 35 . 18
gave them . 2 Chronicles 11 . 23 , Genesis 25 . 6 , Deuteronomy 21 . 15-17
the kingdom . He associated him with himself in the kingdom about three years before his death , and in the fifth year of Joram king of Israel; so that Jehoram reigned three years with his father , and five years alone , in all eight years.
Jehoram . "Jehoram made partner of the kingdom with his father , 1 Kings 8 . 16.
Reciprocal . Genesis 24 . 53 . precious Deuteronomy 21 . 16 . General Ezekiel 46 . 16 . If the prince
slew all . 2 Chronicles 21 . 17 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 8 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 10 , Genesis 4 . 8 , Judges 9 . 5 , Judges 9 . 56 , Judges 9 . 57 , 1 John 3 . 12
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 1 . 12 . the life 2 Kings 3 . 7 . wilt thou go 2 Kings 10 . 7 . slew seventy 2 Chronicles 21 . 2 . Israel 2 Chronicles 21 . 13 . hast slain 2 Chronicles 22 . 9 . the house
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Jehoram . "In consort , 2 Kings 8 . 17." 2 Chronicles 21 . 5
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 22 . 50 . Jehoram 2 Chronicles 21 . 20 . Thirty and two
in the way . 1 Kings 16 . 25-33
he had . 2 Chronicles 18 . 1 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 2 , 2 Kings 8 . 18 , Nehemiah 13 . 25 , Nehemiah 13 . 26
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 11 . 2 . surely 1 Kings 22 . 44 . made peace 2 Chronicles 28 . 2 . For he walked Jeremiah 44 . 19 . without
Howbeit . 2 Chronicles 22 . 11 , Isaiah 7 . 6 , Isaiah 7 . 7
because . 2 Samuel 23 . 5 , Psalm 89 . 28-34 , Psalm 89 . 39 , Jeremiah 33 . 20-26
as he promised . 2 Samuel 7 . 12-17 , 1 Kings 11 . 13 , 1 Kings 11 . 36 , 2 Kings 8 . 19 , Psalm 132 . 11 , Psalm 132 . 17 , 18-135 . 21; Luke 1 . 69 , Luke 1 . 79
light . Heb. lamp , or candle
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 15 . 4 . give him 2 Chronicles 23 . 3 . as the Lord Isaiah 7 . 13 . O house Isaiah 59 . 15 . displeased him Jeremiah 33 . 21 . may
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the Edomites . Genesis 27 . 40 , 2 Kings 8 . 20-22
dominion . Heb. hand
and made . 1 Kings 22 . 47 , 2 Kings 3 . 9
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 3 . 5 . General 2 Chronicles 25 . 12 . broken in pieces
Libnah . Joshua 21 . 13 , 2 Kings 19 . 8
because . 2 Chronicles 13 . 10 , 2 Chronicles 15 . 2 , Deuteronomy 32 . 21 , 1 Kings 11 . 31 , 1 Kings 11 . 33 , Jeremiah 2 . 13
Reciprocal . Genesis 27 . 40 . that thou 2 Kings 8 . 22 . Libnah Isaiah 37 . 8 . Libnah
Moreover . Deuteronomy 12 . 2-4 , 1 Kings 11 . 7 , Psalm 78 . 58 , Ezekiel 20 . 28
caused . 1 Kings 14 . 9 , 1 Kings 14 . 16 , 2 Kings 21 . 11 , Habakkuk 2 . 15 , Revelation 2 . 20
fornication . 2 Chronicles 21 . 13 , Leviticus 17 . 7 , Leviticus 20 . 5 , 2 Kings 9 . 22 , Psalm 106 . 39 , Ezekiel 16 . 15-63 , Revelation 2 . 20-22 , Revelation 17 . 1-5
compelled . 2 Chronicles 33 . 9 , Daniel 3 . 5 , Daniel 3 . 6 , Daniel 3 . 15 , Revelation 13 . 15-17 , Revelation 17 . 5 , Revelation 17 . 6
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 8 . 23 . General 2 Kings 17 . 19 . Also Judah 1 Chronicles 5 . 25 . a whoring Matthew 19 . 9 . except
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a writing . "Which was writ before his assumption." 2 Kings 2 . 1 , Jeremiah 36 . 2 , Jeremiah 36 . 23 , Jeremiah 36 . 28-32 , Ezekiel 2 . 9 , Ezekiel 2 . 10 , Daniel 5 . 5 , Daniel 5 . 25-29
Elijah the prophet . If the account of the translation of Elijah be given in the order in which it happened , then it occurred in the reign of Jehoshaphat , the father of Jehoram. Hence , it is probable that he wrote it before his assumption , and left it to be delivered by Elisha or one of the prophets. 2 Kings 2 . 11
in the ways of Jehoshaphat . 2 Chronicles 17 . 3 , 2 Chronicles 17 . 4 , 1 Kings 22 . 43
in the ways of Asa . 2 Chronicles 14 . 2-5 , 1 Kings 15 . 11
Reciprocal . Hosea 5 . 1 . O house Hosea 6 . 5 . have I
in the way . 1 Kings 16 . 25 , 1 Kings 16 . 30-33
a whoring . 2 Chronicles 21 . 11 , Exodus 34 . 15 , Deuteronomy 31 . 16 , 2 Kings 9 . 22 , Jeremiah 3 . 8 , Jeremiah 3 . 9
hast slain . 2 Chronicles 21 . 4 , Genesis 4 . 10-12 , Genesis 42 . 21 , Genesis 42 . 22 , Judges 9 . 56 , Judges 9 . 57 , 1 Kings 2 . 31-33 , Isaiah 26 . 21 , Habakkuk 2 . 12 , 1 John 3 . 12
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 2 . 32 . more righteous 2 Kings 8 . 18 . the house 2 Kings 17 . 19 . Also Judah 1 Chronicles 5 . 25 . a whoring 2 Chronicles 24 . 18 . And they left Hosea 1 . 2 . for Hosea 4 . 12 . gone
plague . Heb. stroke , Leviticus 26 . 21
thy people . Many of the people had concurred in Jehoram's idolatry , and some of them must have been instruments in his base , unnatural murders; they were therefore joined in his punishment , and he suffered by the loss of his subjects. Hosea 5 . 11 , Micah 6 . 16
thy children . Exodus 20 . 5
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 1 . 2 . was sick
by disease . This is supposed to have been a violent dysentery , a disease which is often attended with symptoms similar to those described in the text; by the same death perished Antiochus Ephiphenes , and Herod Agrippa. 2 Chronicles 21 . 18 , 2 Chronicles 21 . 19 , Numbers 5 . 27 , Deuteronomy 28 . 61 , Acts 12 . 23
thy bowels fall . Psalm 109 . 18 , Acts 1 . 18
the sickness . 2 Chronicles 21 . 18 , Deuteronomy 28 . 27 , Deuteronomy 28 . 37 , Deuteronomy 28 . 59 , Deuteronomy 28 . 67
Reciprocal . Numbers 5 . 21 . rot 2 Kings 1 . 2 . was sick Zechariah 14 . 12 . Their flesh Revelation 16 . 2 . a noisome
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the Lord . 2 Chronicles 33 . 11 , 1 Samuel 26 . 19 , 2 Samuel 24 . 1 , 1 Kings 11 . 11 , 1 Kings 11 . 14 , 1 Kings 11 . 23 , Ezra 1 . 1 , Ezra 1 . 5 , Isaiah 10 . 5 , Isaiah 10 . 6 , Isaiah 45 . 5-7 , Amos 3 . 6
Philistines . 2 Chronicles 17 . 11
Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 22 . 1 . slain 2 Chronicles 24 . 25 . great diseases 2 Chronicles 26 . 6 . warred against 2 Chronicles 26 . 7 . the Arabians 2 Chronicles 36 . 22 . the Lord stirred Joel 3 . 4 . and what Amos 1 . 6 . carried
carried away . Heb. carried captive , Job 5 . 3 , Job 5 . 4
his sons also . 2 Chronicles 22 . 1 , 2 Chronicles 24 . 7
Jehoahaz . 2 Chronicles 22 . 1 , Ahaziah , 2 Chronicles 22 . 6 , Azariah
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 8 . 24 . Ahaziah 2 Kings 10 . 13 . the brethren 2 Kings 11 . 18 . brake they 1 Chronicles 3 . 11 . Ahaziah 2 Chronicles 16 . 6 . Geba 2 Chronicles 21 . 4 . slew all 2 Chronicles 22 . 9 . the house 2 Chronicles 25 . 23 . Jehoahaz Amos 1 . 6 . carried
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And after all . "His son Ahaziah Prorex , soon after."
an incurable disease . 2 Chronicles 21 . 15 , 2 Kings 9 . 29 , Acts 12 . 23
Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 24 . 25 . great diseases Psalm 38 . 7 . my loins Zechariah 14 . 12 . Their flesh Revelation 16 . 2 . a noisome
made no . 2 Chronicles 16 . 14 , Jeremiah 34 . 5
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 13 . 22 . carcase 2 Kings 9 . 29 . in the eleventh 2 Chronicles 21 . 15 . by disease 2 Chronicles 24 . 25 . great diseases Psalm 38 . 7 . my loins Jeremiah 22 . 18 . They Zechariah 14 . 12 . Their flesh Acts 12 . 23 . and he
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Thirty and two . 2 Chronicles 21 . 5
without being desired . Heb. without desire , That is , without being regretted . no one wished him to live any longer. He was hated while he lived , and neglected when he died. 2 Chronicles 23 . 21 , Proverbs 10 . 7 , Jeremiah 22 . 18 , Jeremiah 22 . 28
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 11 . 43 . buried 1 Kings 13 . 22 . carcase 2 Kings 8 . 25 . General 2 Kings 14 . 20 . he was buried 2 Kings 21 . 18 . and was buried 2 Chronicles 21 . 1 . was buried 2 Chronicles 22 . 9 . the son of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 24 . 25 . not 2 Chronicles 26 . 23 . they buried him 2 Chronicles 28 . 27 . they brought Nehemiah 2 . 3 . the place Job 4 . 20 . without Jeremiah 34 . 5 . and they