The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:18
An incurable disease ; i.e. it was so severe that it was in this case incurable. read more
历代志下 21:16-18 Cuvs
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 21:16
The Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians - Probably Joktanian Arabs from the neighborhood of the Cushites. Southern Arabia was originally occupied by Cushites, or Ethiopians Genesis 10:7, whose descendants still exist in a remnant of the Himyaritic Arabs. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 21:17
Jehoahaz - The writer of Chronicles calls him indifferently Jeboahaz and Abaziah, which are equivalent names (2 Kings 8:24 note). read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 21:16
2 Chronicles 21:16. The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines A people who had been fully subdued and dispirited; but whose spirits and courage God now raised, that they might do his work. And of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians Hebrew, near the Cushites, that is, the Ethiopians properly so called, for they were parted only by the Red sea; or rather a people in Arabia, frequently mentioned in Scripture, and so called either for their likeness in colour... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 21:17
2 Chronicles 21:17. And his sons also, and his wives Whom they slew, all except Ahaziah and Athaliah, who possibly were hid in some secret place. So that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz Who is also called Ahaziah, a name of the same signification with Jehoahaz, and, by a small alteration of the letters, Azariah, (2 Chronicles 22:6,) the meaning of which word is akin to the other, all signifying the possession, strength, or help of the Lord. Thus blood was required for... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 21:18
2 Chronicles 21:18. The Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease Dr. Mede observes, two impious kings are recorded to have had the same end that this Jehoram had: Antiochus Epiphanes and Agrippa, of whom it was said, εις τι σπλαγχνα τοις ου σπλαγχνιζομενοις , “Of what avail are bowels to those who have no bowels, who show no pity or compassion?” It is true, even good men, and those who are dear to God, may be afflicted with diseases of this kind: but to such they are fatherly... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:1-20
Jezebel’s Baalism in Judah (21:1-23:21)The Baalism of Ahab and Jezebel remained strong in the northern kingdom during the successive reigns of their sons Ahaziah and Joram (2 Kings 1:1-8:15). It spread to Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram, who was married to Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (21:1-20; see notes on 2 Kings 8:16-24).Judah’s next king, Ahaziah, at the direction of his mother Athaliah and her northern relatives, cooperated with the idolatrous northern... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 21:16
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for life in its manifestations. the Philistines. These were tributaries before this (2 Chronicles 17:11 ). were near: or were under the direction of. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 21:17
into Judah. And as far as Jerusalem, which also they took. his wives. Except Athaliah. never a son left him. This shows how nearly the plot of the great enemy succeeded in breaking up the royal line. See App-23 , and compare note on 2 Chronicles 21:4 above. Jehoahaz, or Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 22:1 ), or Azariah (2 Chronicles 22:6 ). All the same meaning = Jehovah taketh hold. On the various spelling of proper names, sea note on 1 Chronicles 25:11 . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:17
Brake into it ; Hebrew, kal future of בָּקַע (compare the other four significant and expressive occurrences of this exact form, 15:19 ; 2 Samuel 23:16 ; 1 Chronicles 11:18 ; Isaiah 48:21 ). The elementary idea of the root is to divide; and it occurs in one conjugation or another fifty-one times, there being no more typical occurrence than that of Genesis 7:11 . Carried away . The Hebrew uses the word "carried captive" ( וַיִּשְׁבּוּ ); possibly the order of Genesis... read more