2 Chronicles 21:19
in 2 Chronicles 21This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
KJV
And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 21
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAfter the end of two years, his bowels fell out - The Targum seems to intimate that he had a constipation and inflammation in his bowels; and that at last his bowels gushed out. No burning - “His people made no burning of aromatic woods for him, as they had done for his forefathers.” - Targum. See on 2Ch 16:14 (note).
This site's exposition
in his bowels with an incurable disease
on 2 Chronicles 21:18-19
The second half of the sentence lands in Jehoram's own body: an incurable disease in the bowels that runs two full years before his bowels fall out and he dies of the sickness itself, the very sequence Elijah's letter had named at verse 15. His people make no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers, the aromatic fire Asa was given at his death in 2 Chr 16:14 withheld here as a public verdict on the reign rather than an oversight.
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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And it came to pass that in process of time, after the end of two years,....
The generality of the people, though prone to idolatry, yet had no true kindness for their idolatrous kings. Wickedness and profaneness make men despicable even in the eyes of those who have but little religion themselves, while natural conscience itself often gives honour to those who are truly pious. Those that despise God shall be lightly esteemed, as Jehoram was.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
and at the end the end that the prophet had foretold him of.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
and he departed joyless The meaning is: all his life he was in distress and in illnesses, and with him was fulfilled (Deut.:15): “See, I have set before you today life, etc.” and (Job:1) “short of days and full of fear.”
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
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֣י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְיָמִ֣ים׀ | leyamim | to days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מִיָּמִ֡ים | miyamim | from days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וּכְעֵת֩ | ukheet | and about [the] time of | H6256 → | 296 times |
| צֵ֨את | tzet | [the] going out of | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| הַקֵּ֜ץ | haketz | the end | H7093 → | 67 times |
| לְיָמִ֣ים | leyamim | of days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שְׁנַ֗יִם | shenayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| יָצְא֤וּ | yatzeu | they came out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מֵעָיו֙ | meav | bowels his | H4578 → | 32 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| חָלְי֔וֹ | chalyo | sickness his | H2483 → | 24 times |
| וַיָּ֖מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| בְּתַחֲלֻאִ֣ים | betachaluim | in diseases | H8463 → | |
| רָעִ֑ים | raim | harmful | H7451 → | 662 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| עָ֨שׂוּ | ʾasu | they made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| ל֥וֹ | lo | for him | ||
| עַמּ֛וֹ | amo | people his | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| שְׂרֵפָ֖ה | serefah | a burning | H8316 → | 13 times |
| כִּשְׂרֵפַ֥ת | kisrefat | like [the] burning of | H8316 → | 13 times |
| אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
וַיְהִ֣יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
לְיָמִ֣ים׀to days
leyamimH3117 →2304 times
מִיָּמִ֡יםfrom days
miyamimH3117 →2304 times
וּכְעֵת֩and about [the] time of
ukheetH6256 →296 times
צֵ֨את[the] going out of
tzetH3318 →1067 times
הַקֵּ֜ץthe end
haketzH7093 →67 times
לְיָמִ֣יםof days
leyamimH3117 →2304 times
שְׁנַ֗יִםtwo
shenayimH8147 →768 times
יָצְא֤וּthey came out
yatzeuH3318 →1067 times
מֵעָיו֙bowels his
meavH4578 →32 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
חָלְי֔וֹsickness his
chalyoH2483 →24 times
וַיָּ֖מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
בְּתַחֲלֻאִ֣יםin diseases
betachaluimH8463 →
רָעִ֑יםharmful
raimH7451 →662 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
עָ֨שׂוּthey made
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
ל֥וֹfor him
lo
עַמּ֛וֹpeople his
amoH5971 →1873 times
שְׂרֵפָ֖הa burning
serefahH8316 →13 times
כִּשְׂרֵפַ֥תlike [the] burning of
kisrefatH8316 →13 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 34:5you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 16:14
And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes;…
- Jeremiah 22:18
Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas,…
- Ezekiel 17:16
‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
- Daniel 2:46
At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering of incense be presented to him.
- 2 Kings 22:20
‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’”…
- 2 Chronicles 16:14
Through
2 Chronicles 16:14And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes;…
it leads to
- Genesis 50:2
And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
- Jeremiah 34:5
you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have…
- Mark 16:1
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
- Genesis 50:2
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.