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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)behold, the Lord will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,
• New King James Version (NKJV)behold, the Lord will strike your people with a serious affliction—your children, your wives, and all your possessions;

Context of 2 Chronicles 21:14

12Then a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “This is what the Lord, the God of your father David says: ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat and the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be unfaithful as the house of Ahab was unfaithful, and you have also killed your brothers, your own family, who were better than you, behold, the Lord is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a great plague; 15and you will suffer severe sickness, a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the sickness, day by day.’” 16Then the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs who bordered the Ethiopians;

2 Chronicles 21:14 word by word

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

• beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• is going to strikeנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• your peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• your sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• your wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• your possessionsרְכוּשׁrekûsh rekûsh · propertyH7399
• with a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 21:14

• Leviticus 26:21‘Yet if you show hostility toward Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins.
• Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, broken by judgment, Because he was determined to follow man’s command.
• Micah 6:16The statutes of Omri And every work of the house of Ahab are maintained, And you walk by their plans. Therefore I will give you up for destruction, And your inhabitants for derision, And you will suffer the taunting of My people.”
• Exodus 20:5You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, inflicting the punishment of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations 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