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 Living Translation (NLT)Then the Lord stirred up the Philistines and the Arabs, who lived near the Ethiopians, to attack Jehoram.

Context of 2 Chronicles 21:16

14behold, the Lord will strike your people with a serious affliction—your children, your wives, and all your possessions; 15and you will become very sick with a disease of your intestines, until your intestines come out by reason of the sickness, day by day. Moreover the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabians who were near the Ethiopians. 17And they came up into Judah and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king’s house, and also his sons and his wives, so that there was not a son left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. 18After all this the Lord struck him in his intestines with an incurable 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 33:11Therefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.
• 1 Samuel 26:19Now therefore, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
• 2 Samuel 24:1Again the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”
• 1 Kings 11:11Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
• Ezra 1:1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
• Isaiah 10:5“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
• Isaiah 45:5I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
• Amos 3:6If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?
• 2 Chronicles 17:11Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver as tribute; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.

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