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 look, the Lord is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own. 15And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out.” The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites. 17They attacked Judah and swept through it. They carried off everything they found in the royal palace, including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah. 18After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease.

2 Chronicles 21:16 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• stirred upעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• against Jehoramיְהוֹרָםyehôrâm · JehoramH3088
• the spiritרוּחַrûach · spirit: temperH7307
• of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• and of the Arabiansעַרְבִי‛ărâbîy ‛arbîy · ArabianH6163
• nearיָדyâd · hand: toH3027
• nearעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the Ethiopiansכּוּשִׁיkûshîy · EthiopianH3569

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 21:16

• 2 Chronicles 33:11So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
• 1 Samuel 26:19So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the Lord! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the Lord’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go on, serve other gods!’
• 2 Samuel 24:1The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.”
• 1 Kings 11:11So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
• Ezra 1:1In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord’s message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord stirred the mind of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict the following:
• Isaiah 10:5Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.
• Isaiah 45:5I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.
• Amos 3:6If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the Lord not responsible?
• 2 Chronicles 17:11Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat tribute, including a load of silver. 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