2 Chronicles 21:10
in 2 Chronicles 21So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Jehovah, the God of his fathers.
KJV
So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 21
Commentary
5 notes on this verseWhile he adhered to God they adhered to him; but, when he cast God off, they cast him off. Whether this reason will justify them in their revolt of no, it will justify God's providence which ordered it so. That yet God was tender of his covenant with the house of David, and therefore would not destroy the royal family, though it was so wretchedly corrupted and degenerated,
This site's exposition
Edom rebelled against the hand
on 2 Chronicles 21:8-10
Edom “rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king”. Jehoram breaks out by night from the Edomites who had surrounded him, but the province is lost. Verse 10 says Edom has stayed in revolt “to this day”, the writer's words for a break that outlived the reign.
This site's exposition
Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time
Libnah was one of the towns given to the priests at Joshua 21:13, so its revolt came from inside Judah's borders. Henry and Wesley read the reason as a matched exchange: while Jehoram held to God, his subjects held to him. When he cast God off, they cast him off.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the reason is here given, both why God permitted it, and why they did it, because Jehoram was become an idolater. While he adhered to God, they adhered to him; but when he cast God off, they cast him off. Whether this would justify them in their revolt or no, it justified God's providence which suffered it.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the Edomites revolted--That nation had been made dependent by David, and down to the time of Jehoshaphat was governed by a tributary ruler (1Ki 22:47;
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And Edom rebelled Was it not already stated above (verse 8): “In his days, Edom rebelled?” But this is the manner of Scripture: because a verse is interposed, and it now wishes to continue with “then Libnah rebelled,” it repeats the [original words] stating, “And Edom rebelled.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּפְשַׁ֨ע | vaiyifsha' | and it has rebelled | H6586 → | 41 times |
| אֱד֜וֹם | ʾedom | Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| מִתַּ֣חַת | mitachat | from under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| יַד־ | yad- | [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| עַ֚ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֔ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אָ֣ז | ʾaz | then | H227 → | 141 times |
| תִּפְשַׁ֥ע | tifsha' | it rebelled | H6586 → | 41 times |
| לִבְנָ֛ה | livnah | Libnah | H3841 → | |
| בָּעֵ֥ת | baet | at the time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| הַהִ֖יא | hahi' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מִתַּ֣חַת | mitachat | from under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| יָד֑וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עָזַ֔ב | ʾazav | he had forsaken | H5800 → | 215 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֥י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
וַיִּפְשַׁ֨עand it has rebelled
vaiyifsha'H6586 →41 times
אֱד֜וֹםEdom
ʾedomH123 →99 times
מִתַּ֣חַתfrom under
mitachatH8478 →505 times
יַד־[the] hand of
yad-H3027 →1618 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
עַ֚דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֣וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אָ֣זthen
ʾazH227 →141 times
תִּפְשַׁ֥עit rebelled
tifsha'H6586 →41 times
לִבְנָ֛הLibnah
livnahH3841 →
בָּעֵ֥תat the time
baetH6256 →296 times
הַהִ֖יא<the> that
hahi'H1931 →1879 times
מִתַּ֣חַתfrom under
mitachatH8478 →505 times
יָד֑וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
עָזַ֔בhe had forsaken
ʾazavH5800 →215 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֥י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
it leads to
- John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of…
- Revelation 21:6
And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
- Psalms 36:9
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- John 4:14
Through
Joshua 21:13So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
it leads to
- Joshua 15:42
Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 15:42
Through
2 Kings 19:8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
it leads to
- Joshua 10:29
Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 18:14
So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king…
- Joshua 10:29
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceTransjordanEdomThe highland nation descended from Esau that refused Israel passage on the King's Highway, and whose pride the prophets answered.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.