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2 Chronicles 21:6

in 2 Chronicles 21

And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

KJV

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 21

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

He had the daughter of Ahab to wife - This was Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, who was famous for her impieties and cruelty, as was her most profligate mother. It is likely that she was the principal cause of Jehoram’s cruelty and profaneness.

This site's exposition

he married a daughter of Ahab

Jehoram “walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done”. The verse gives the cause: “he married a daughter of Ahab”, Athaliah. The marriage came out of Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab, and it brought Baal worship into Judah at the top.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֵּ֜לֶךְand he walked

    vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ׀in [the] way of

    bederekhH1870 →707 times

  • מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of

    malkheiH4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשׂוּ֙they did

    ʾasuH6213 →2628 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • אַחְאָ֔בAhab

    ʾachavH256 →92 times

  • כִּ֚יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • אַחְאָ֔בAhab

    ʾachavH256 →92 times

  • הָ֥יְתָהshe was

    hayetahH1961 →3559 times

  • לּ֖וֹof him

    lo

  • אִשָּׁ֑הwife

    ʾishahH802 →781 times

  • וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he did

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • הָרַ֖עthe evil

    hara'H7451 →662 times

  • בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of

    beeineiH5869 →887 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    2 Kings 8:18

    And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 8:26

      Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Chronicles 22:1–4

      Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.…

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 18:1

    Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 17:5

      So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor.

    • 2 Kings 8:18

      And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the…

    • 2 Chronicles 19:2

      Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of…

    • 2 Chronicles 17:12

      Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah

    • 2 Kings 11:1

      When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 22:2

    Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 16:28

      And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

Where this verse is studied

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About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.