New International Version
2 Chronicles 21:19
19In the course of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great pain. His people made no funeral fire in his honor, as they had for his predecessors.
2 Chronicles 21:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the course of time, at the end of two years, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great agony. His people made no fire in his honor, like the fires made for his fathers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then it happened in the course of time, after the end of two years, that his intestines came out because of his sickness; so he died in severe pain. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning for his fathers.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The disease grew worse and worse, and at the end of two years it caused his bowels to come out, and he died in agony. His people did not build a great funeral fire to honor him as they had done for his ancestors.
Context of 2 Chronicles 21:19
17They attacked Judah, invaded it and carried off all the goods found in the king’s palace, together with his sons and wives. Not a son was left to him except Ahaziah, the youngest. 18After all this, the Lord afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. In the course of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great pain. His people made no funeral fire in his honor, as they had for his predecessors. 20Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He passed away, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
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וַיְהִ֣י לְיָמִ֣ים׀ מִיָּמִ֡ים וּכְעֵת֩ צֵ֨את הַקֵּ֜ץ לְיָמִ֣ים שְׁנַ֗יִם יָצְא֤וּ מֵעָיו֙ עִם־חָלְי֔וֹ וַיָּ֖מָת בְּתַחֲלֻאִ֣ים רָעִ֑ים וְלֹא־עָ֨שׂוּ ל֥וֹ עַמּ֛וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה כִּשְׂרֵפַ֥ת אֲבֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And it came to pass, that in process of timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- afterעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
- afterיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: extendsH3318
- the endקֵץqêts · endH7093
- of twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- his bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578
- fell outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- by reasonעִם‛im · withH5973
- of his sicknessחֳלִיchŏlîy · sicknessH2483
- so he diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
- of soreרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
- diseasesתַּחֲלֻאִיםtachălû' tachălû' · diseaseH8463
- And his peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- no burningשְׂרֵפָהώerêphâh · fireH8316
- of his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 21:19
- 2 Chronicles 16:14They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor.
- Jeremiah 34:5you will die peacefully. As people made a funeral fire in honor of your predecessors, the kings who ruled before you, so they will make a fire in your honor and lament, “Alas, master!” I myself make this promise, declares the Lord.’ ”
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 21:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19After the end of two years, his bowels fell out - The Targum seems to intimate that he had a constipation and inflammation in his bowels; and that at last his bowels gushed out. No burning - "His people made no burning of aromatic woods for him, as they had done for his forefathers." - Targum. See on 2 Chronicles 16:14; (note).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
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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
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