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

12A letter from Elijah the prophet came to him saying: “Thus says Adonai, the God of your father David: Since you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, leading Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into prostitution just as the house of Ahab committed prostitution and you have also slain your brothers—your own family, who were better than you— behold, Adonai is going to strike your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions with a monumental catastrophe. 15You yourself will be striken by multiple illnesses of your intestines, day after day, until your intestines drop out because of the illness.” 16Then Adonai stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs that neighbored the Cushites.

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“If you keep walking contrary to Me and will not listen to Me, then I will multiply the plagues on you seven times like your sins.
• Hosea 5:11Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed by judgment, for he willingly followed a worthless thing.
• Micah 6:16Now, you observe the statutes of Omri and every practice of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels. Therefore I will make you a horror, and her inhabitants a hissing, so you will bear the scorn of My people.
• Exodus 20:5Do not bow down to them, do not let anyone make you serve them. For I, Adonai your God, am a jealous God, bringing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and 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