2 Chronicles 21:2
in 2 Chronicles 21Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
KJV
And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 21
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd he had brethren - the sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel. - Jehoshaphat certainly was not king of Israel, but king of Judah. ישראל Yisrael must be a corruption in the text, for יהודה Yehudah; which is the reading of the Syriac, Arabic, Septuagint, and Vulgate: the Chaldee, only agrees with the Hebrew text. And the reading of the versions is supported by thirty-eight of Kennicott’s and De Rossi’s MSS. The word Judah should therefore be restored to the text.
This site's exposition
slept with his fathers
on 2 Chronicles 21:1-3
Jehoshaphat dies exactly as Kings records, and Chronicles keeps a detail Kings passes over: he gave his other sons great gifts of silver, gold and fenced cities in Judah, the same provision Rehoboam made for his own sons at 2 Chr 11:23. The kingdom itself went to Jehoram alone, because he was the firstborn, the rule of Deut 21:15-17 applied without exception. Those gifted cities and the brothers who held them become the occasion for what Jehoram does next.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Azariah - Two sons called by the same name, though doubtless distinguished by some additional title: which is not mentioned here, because it did not concern succeeding ages to know it. Of Israel - So he is called either, 1. Because he was so by right: or
And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Through the influence of Athaliah he abolished the worship of the Lord, and encouraged an introduction of all the corruptions prevalent in the sister kingdom. The divine vengeance was denounced against him, and would have utterly destroyed him and his house, had it not been for a tender regard to the promise made to David (2Sa 7:29;
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The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֽוֹ־ | velov- | and [belonged] to him | ||
| אַחִ֞ים | ʾachim | brothers | H251 → | 630 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט | yehoshafat | Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| עֲזַרְיָ֤ה | ʾazaryah | Azariah | H5838 → | 49 times |
| וִֽיחִיאֵל֙ | vichiel | and Jehiel | H3171 → | 14 times |
| וּזְכַרְיָ֣הוּ | uzekharyahu | and Zechariah | H2148 → | 43 times |
| וַעֲזַרְיָ֔הוּ | vaazaryahu | and Azariahu | H5838 → | 49 times |
| וּמִיכָאֵ֖ל | umikhael | and Michael | H4317 → | |
| וּשְׁפַטְיָ֑הוּ | ushefatyahu | and Shephatiah | H8203 → | |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֵ֕לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [were] [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט | yehoshafat | Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וְלֽוֹ־and [belonged] to him
velov-
אַחִ֞יםbrothers
ʾachimH251 →630 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טJehoshaphat
yehoshafatH3092 →84 times
עֲזַרְיָ֤הAzariah
ʾazaryahH5838 →49 times
וִֽיחִיאֵל֙and Jehiel
vichielH3171 →14 times
וּזְכַרְיָ֣הוּand Zechariah
uzekharyahuH2148 →43 times
וַעֲזַרְיָ֔הוּand Azariahu
vaazaryahuH5838 →49 times
וּמִיכָאֵ֖לand Michael
umikhaelH4317 →
וּשְׁפַטְיָ֑הוּand Shephatiah
ushefatyahuH8203 →
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֵ֕לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
בְּנֵ֥י[were] [the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טJehoshaphat
yehoshafatH3092 →84 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 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
2 Chronicles 24:16And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
it leads to
- Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- 2 Chronicles 31:20
So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
- Nehemiah 13:14
Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
- Hebrews 6:10
Through
2 Chronicles 12:6So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
it leads to
- Exodus 9:27
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- Daniel 9:14
Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
- Exodus 9:27
Through
2 Chronicles 21:4When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.
it leads to
- Judges 9:5
He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- 2 Chronicles 21:17
So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except…
- 2 Chronicles 22:10
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
- Judges 9:5
About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.
