2 Chronicles 21:14
in 2 Chronicles 21So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.
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ASV
behold, Jehovah will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance;
KJV
Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 21
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the LORD is about to strike
on 2 Chronicles 21:14-15
Elijah's letter turns from indictment to sentence: a great plague on the people, and on Jehoram himself a disease of the bowels. The two clauses are not separate threats but one unfolding judgment. The chapter will report both fulfilled in order, the household first and the king's own body last.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): "With a heavy stroke, even that of war and captivity, will the Lord smite thy people and thy children, " &c. Bad men bring God's judgments upon all about them.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people,.... They going into the same idolatry with himself willingly, at least great part of them, and therefore deserved to be smitten, and which would be a punishment to him: and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods; which should be carried captive, as the event shows.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem . . . like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab--that is, introduced the superstitions and vices of Phœnician idolatry (see on De 13:6-14). On this account, as well as for his unnatural cruelties, divine vengeance was denounced against him, which was soon after executed exactly as the prophet had foretold.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase+unbalanced-curly-quotes
Will the Lord smite - “The Word of the Lord will send a great mortality.” - Targum.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The fulfillment of the threat is given in 2Ch 21:16-17.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הִנֵּ֣ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| נֹגֵ֛ף | nogef | [is] about to strike | H5062 → | 49 times |
| מַגֵּפָ֥ה | magefah | a blow | H4046 → | |
| גְדוֹלָ֖ה | gedolah | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ | beamekha | on people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וּבְבָנֶ֥יךָ | uvevaneikha | and on sons your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּבְנָשֶׁ֖יךָ | uvenasheikha | and on wives your | H802 → | 781 times |
| וּבְכָל־ | uvekhol- | and on all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| רְכוּשֶֽׁךָ׃ | rekhushekha | property your | H7399 → | 28 times |
הִנֵּ֣הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
נֹגֵ֛ף[is] about to strike
nogefH5062 →49 times
מַגֵּפָ֥הa blow
magefahH4046 →
גְדוֹלָ֖הgreat
gedolahH1419 →526 times
בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָon people your
beamekhaH5971 →1873 times
וּבְבָנֶ֥יךָand on sons your
uvevaneikhaH1121 →4930 times
וּבְנָשֶׁ֖יךָand on wives your
uvenasheikhaH802 →781 times
וּבְכָל־and on all
uvekhol-H3605 →5413 times
רְכוּשֶֽׁךָ׃property your
rekhushekhaH7399 →28 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
Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:9
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
- Numbers 14:18
‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon…
- Deuteronomy 4:24
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Exodus 34:14
For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Joshua 24:19
But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
- Deuteronomy 5:9
Through
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
it leads to
- Micah 6:16
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you…
- Micah 6:16
Through
Leviticus 26:21If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:18
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:18
Through
Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:51
“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
- Jeremiah 51:51
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.