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

16And Jehovah stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who [are] near the Ethiopians; 17and they came up into Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was no son left him, except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons. And after all this, Jehovah smote him in his bowels with an incurable sickness. 19And it came to pass, from day to day, and at the time when the second year was drawing to a close, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died in cruel sufferings. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. 20He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being regretted. And they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

2 Chronicles 21:18 word by word

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

• bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578
• sicknessחֳלִיchŏlîy · sicknessH2483

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 21:18

• 2 Chronicles 21:15and thyself with sore sicknesses, with a disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
• 2 Kings 9:29(And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab had Ahaziah begun to reign over Judah.)
• Acts 12:23And immediately an angel of [the] Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.

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