Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:1-20
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter corresponds with 2 Kings 8:16-24; contains Jehoshaphat’s family arrangements (2 Chronicles 21:1-4); beginning and character of Jehoram’s reign (2 Chronicles 21:5-11); the writing of Elijah to Jehoram (2 Chronicles 21:12-15); the end of Jehoram’s reign (2 Chronicles 21:16-20).2 Chronicles 21:1-4.—Family arrangements of J. Six sons, towards whom he pursued the same policy as Rehoboam (ch. 2 Chronicles 11:23). This probably provoked the jealousy of Jehoram and induced... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 21:15
i.e. From day to day continually. Or, year upon year, i.e. one year after another, or for the space of two years, as the event shows, 2 Chronicles 21:19. Heb. days upon days. Days are oft put for a year, as Exodus 13:10; Leviticus 25:29; Numbers 9:22; Judges 17:10; 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 27:7; Amos 4:4. read more