2 Chronicles 21:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:1-11

We find here, I. That Jehoshaphat was a very careful indulgent father to Jehoram. He had many sons, who are here named (2 Chron. 21:2), and it is said (2 Chron. 21:13) that they were better than Jehoram, had a great deal more wisdom and virtue, and lived up to their education, which he went counter to. They were very hopeful, and any of them more fit for the crown than he; and yet, because he was the first-born (2 Chron. 21:3), his father secured the kingdom to him, and portioned his brethren... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:2

And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat ,.... That is, Jehoram had, who succeeded him: their names follow: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah ; two of them were of the same name; though it may be observed, that in the Hebrew text they are somewhat distinguished, the latter is called Azariah; Jehiel is said, by the Jews F24 T. Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 29. 4. , to be the same with Hiel that rebuilt Jericho; indeed it was rebuilt in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 21:2

And 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. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:1-11

A life spent in undoing. For the quarter of a century Jehoshaphat spent all his individual power and devoted all the weight of his royal office to the work of establishing piety, justice, and (in consequence) real prosperity throughout his kingdom. And right well he succeeded. When he died he left Judah much purer, stronger, and richer than he found it. Then came his firstborn son in succession to him. And what came with him? What else but a baneful and lamentable undoing of all that he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:1-20

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:1-20

A reign of unmitigated shame. To the career of Jehoshaphat of almost exemplary excellence, that of Jehoram, his son, forms a contrast most humiliating. Obviously it is not the least painful feature of this latter that it so inevitably forces into our memory the parental fault, which, if it were not the cause and very foundation of an eldest son s abandoned character and course of conduct, could not fail to have given opportunity for it, and could not fail to incur the responsibility before... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:2

Though in our version two Azariahs appear among the six sons of Jehoshaphat here given, the Hebrew text shows עֲזַרְיָה in the one place and עֲזַרְיָהוּ in the other. Nothing is known of the previous history of these six, now so cruelly murdered by their eldest brother. It will be observed that Jehoshaphat is styled King of Israel, probably merely generically. Into this way the writer of Chronicles would run, at any rate, more easily than the writer of Kings. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:2-11

The character of Jehoram. I. A DEGENERATE SON . 1. The advantages Jehoram possessed. 2 . The disadvantages under which he laboured. II. AN UNNATURAL BROTHER . 1 . The names of Jehoram ' s brothers. Six in number; they had excellent names. 2 . The ranks of Jehoram ' s brothers. Princes of the blood royal, they were well provided for and well placed by their father, whose crown fell to Jehoram as heir-apparent. Great gifts of silver, gold,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 21:2

2 Chronicles 21:2. And Azariah Hebrew, עזריהו , Azaria-hu, distinguished by the last syllable, hu, from the Azariah mentioned in the former clause. Of Jehoshaphat king of Israel So he is called, either, 1st, Because he was so by right: or, 2d, Because he was king not only of Judah and Benjamin, but of a great number of Israelites, who had come and settled in his kingdom. 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 21:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:2-11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 21:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 21:1-20

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