2 Chronicles 21:16

2 Chronicles 21:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord aroused against Jehoram the hostility of the Philistines and of the Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the anger of the Philistines and of the Arabians who are near the Ethiopians.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabians who were near the Ethiopians.

Context of 2 Chronicles 21:16

14So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow. 15And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’” Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites. 17So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest. 18After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.

2 Chronicles 21:16 word by word

וַיָּ֨עַר יְהוָ֜ה עַל־יְהוֹרָ֗ם אֵ֣ת ר֤וּחַ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ וְהָ֣עַרְבִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־יַ֥ד כּוּשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

• Then the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• stirredעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Jehoramיְהוֹרָםyehôrâm · JehoramH3088
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the spiritרוּחַrûach · spirit: temperH7307
• of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• and Arabsעַרְבִי‛ărâbîy ‛arbîy · ArabianH6163
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• lived nearיָדyâd · hand: toH3027
• the Cushitesכּוּשִׁיkûshîy · EthiopianH3569

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 21:16

• 2 Chronicles 33:11So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
• 1 Samuel 26:19Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
• 2 Samuel 24:1Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
• 1 Kings 11:11Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
• Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
• Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
• Isaiah 45:5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
• Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
• 2 Chronicles 17:11Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 21:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The Philistines, and - the Arabians - We have no other account of this war. Though it was a predatory war, yet it appears to have been completely ruinous and destructive. What a general curse fell upon this bad king; in his body, soul, substance, family, and government!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16The 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 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. 16-17Jehoram could not stop the first revolts of Edom and Libnah (2 Chronicles 21:8–10). This weakness led to more attacks on Judah by the Philistines and the Arabs. The royal family was almost wiped out again.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 21:16

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Arabians
• Bowels
• Disease
• Jehoram
• Jerusalem

In the dictionaries

• Jehoram
• Philistines
• Jehoram; Joram
• Fornication
• Obadiah, Book of
• Revolt
• Ahaziah
• Jerusalem
• Joel (2)
• Judah, Kingdom of

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