2 Chronicles 21:18

2 Chronicles 21:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
• New International Version (NIV)After all this, the Lord afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And after all this the Lord struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After all this the Lord struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease.

Context of 2 Chronicles 21:18

16Then the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit (anger) of the Philistines and of the Arabs who bordered the Ethiopians. 17They came against Judah and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king’s house (palace), together with his sons and his wives; so there was not a son left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. After all this, the Lord struck Jehoram with an incurable intestinal disease. 19Now it came about in the course of time, at the end of two years, that his intestines came out because of his disease and he died in excruciating pain. And his people did not make a funeral fire to honor him, like the fire for his fathers. 20Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed with no one’s regret (sorrow). They buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 21:18 word by word

וְאַחֲרֵ֖י כָּל־זֹ֑את נְגָפ֨וֹ יְהוָ֧ה׀ בְּמֵעָ֛יו לָחֳלִ֖י לְאֵ֥ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• all this the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• smoteנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• him in his bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578
• with an incurableמַרְפֵּאmarpê' · healingH4832
• with an incurableאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• diseaseחֳלִיchŏlîy · sicknessH2483

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 21:18

• 2 Chronicles 21:15and you will suffer a severe illness, an intestinal disease, until your intestines come out because of the sickness, day after day.’ ”
• 2 Kings 9:29In the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.
• Acts 12:23And at once an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give God the glory [and instead permitted himself to be worshiped], and he was eaten by worms and died [five days later].

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 21:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18The Lord smote him - "And after all these things the Word of the Lord smote his bowels," etc. - Targum.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-20Verses 12-20 A warning from God was sent to Jehoram. The Spirit of prophecy might direct Elijah to prepare this writing in the foresight of Jehoram's crimes. He is plainly told that his sin should certainly ruin him. But no marvel that sinners are not frightened from sin, and to repentance, by the threatenings of misery in another world, when the certainty of misery in this world, the sinking of their estates, and the ruin of their health, will not…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20Jehoram died after suffering from a long and painful bowel disease. He did not receive an honorary funeral rite (see 2 Chronicles 16:14) and was buried in disgrace, away from the royal cemetery.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 21:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Bowels
• Disease
• Jehoram

In the dictionaries

• Fornication
• Jehoram
• Revolt
• Bowels
• Cure; Cures
• Jehoram; Joram

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings