2 Kings 8:23 - Exposition

And the rest of the sets of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Some of these acts are recorded in our present Second Book of Chronicles; e.g. his execution of his brothers and of many nobles ( 2 Chronicles 21:4 ); his erection of high places ( 2 Chronicles 21:11 ); his persecution of the followers of Jehovah ( 2 Chronicles 21:11 ); his reception of a writing from Elisha, which, however, had no effect upon his conduct ( 2 Chronicles 21:12-15 ); his war with the Philistines ( 2 Chronicles 21:16 ) and with the Arabs ( 2 Chronicles 21:16 ); his loss of all his sons but one during his lifetime; his long illness, and his painful death ( 2 Chronicles 21:18 , 2 Chronicles 21:19 ). But the 'Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah' was a work on a larger scale than the extant Book of Chronicles, and probably went into much greater detail.