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

14behold, 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.” Then Adonai stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs that neighbored the Cushites. 17They rose up against Judah, invaded it and carried away all the possessions found in the royal palace, as well as his sons and his wives. No son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest. 18After all this, Adonai smote 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, Adonai brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and led him to Babylon.
• 1 Samuel 26:19Now please, let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If Adonai has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if men have done so, then cursed are they before Adonai, because they have now driven me out that I would not cling to Adonai’s inheritance, saying: ‘Go, worship other gods.’
• 2 Samuel 24:1Now the anger of Adonai again flared up against Israel, so He incited David against them saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”
• 1 Kings 11:11So Adonai said to Solomon: “Since you have done this and did not keep My covenant and My statutes that I 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 King Cyrus of Persia, in order to accomplish the word of Adonai from the mouth of Jeremiah, Adonai stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict, saying:
• Isaiah 10:5Oy to Assyria, the rod of My anger— the club in their hand is My indignation!
• Isaiah 45:5I am Adonai—there is no other. Besides Me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known Me,
• Amos 3:6If a shofar alarm sounds in a city, will people not tremble? If there is calamity in a city, has not Adonai caused it?
• 2 Chronicles 17:11Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute. The Arabs also brought him flocks—7,700 rams and 7,700 he-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
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• Disease
• Jehoram
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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