2 Chronicles 21:5
in 2 Chronicles 21Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
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ASV
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
KJV
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 21
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
slew all his brethren
on 2 Chronicles 21:4-5
Once he holds the throne alone Jehoram strengthens himself by killing every brother the gifts of the previous verses had made rivals, and divers of the princes besides. Chronicles states outright what 2 Kings 8 only implies about the reign's character, the same royal fratricide the ancient Near East saw often at a succession, here turned on the house of David itself. He reigns eight years from age thirty-two, the span the chapter will repeat word for word at its close.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Jehoram was thirty two years old,.... Of these verses; see Gill on 2Ki 8:17, 2Ki 8:18, 2Ki 8:19, 2Ki 8:20, 2Ki 8:21, 2Ki 8:22.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [was] a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם | ushetayim | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| יְהוֹרָ֣ם | yehoram | Jehoram | H3088 → | 29 times |
| בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ | bemalekho | when became king he | H4427 → | 348 times |
| וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה | ushemoneh | and eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| שָׁנִ֔ים | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| מָלַ֖ךְ | malakh | he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
בֶּן־[was] a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וּשְׁתַּ֛יִםand two
ushetayimH8147 →768 times
שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
יְהוֹרָ֣םJehoram
yehoramH3088 →29 times
בְּמָלְכ֑וֹwhen became king he
bemalekhoH4427 →348 times
וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣הand eight
ushemonehH8083 →109 times
שָׁנִ֔יםyears
shanimH8141 →877 times
מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned
malakhH4427 →348 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.