2 Chronicles 21:14

2 Chronicles 21:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
• New International Version (NIV)So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow.
• New King James Version (NKJV)behold, the Lord will strike your people with a serious affliction—your children, your wives, and all your possessions;
• New Living Translation (NLT)So now the Lord is about to strike you, your people, your children, your wives, and all that is yours with a heavy blow.

Context of 2 Chronicles 21:14

12And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, "Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father, 'Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel and have enticed Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into whoredom, as the house of Ahab led Israel into whoredom, and also you have killed your brothers, of your father's house, who were better than you, behold, the Lord will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions, 15and you yourself will have a severe sickness with a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the disease, day by day.'" 16And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the anger of the Philistines and of the Arabians who are near the Ethiopians.

2 Chronicles 21:14 word by word

הִנֵּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה נֹגֵ֛ף מַגֵּפָ֥ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ וּבְבָנֶ֥יךָ וּבְנָשֶׁ֖יךָ וּבְכָל־רְכוּשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, with a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046
• will the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• smiteנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• thy peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and thy childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and thy wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• and all thy goodsרְכוּשׁrekûsh rekûsh · propertyH7399

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 21:14

• Leviticus 26:21"Then if you walk contrary to me and will not listen to me, I will continue striking you, sevenfold for your sins.
• Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after filth.
• Micah 6:16For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels, that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of my people."
• Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 21:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Will the Lord smite - "The Word of the Lord will send a great mortality." - Targum.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The fulfillment of the threat is given in 2 Chronicles 21:16-17.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. 12-15Elijah the prophet wrote a letter to Jehoram, warning him of punishment for his disobedience.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1512-15. there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet--That prophet's translation having taken place in the reign of Jehoshaphat [2Ki 2:11, 12], we must conclude that the name of Elijah has, by the error of a transcriber, been put for that of Elisha.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 21:14

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Disease
• Elijah
• Jehoram
• Polygamy

In the dictionaries

• Elijah
• Fornication
• Jehoram
• Revolt
• Writing
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Bloody Flux
• 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