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2 Chronicles 21:16 Explained in Context
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Verse 16. 16Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
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Role in This Section
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech: “Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Raiders, disease, and dishonor end Jehoram's reign.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 21:16–20
Read 2 Chronicles 21:16 with 21:16–20. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Philistine and Arabian forces plunder the palace and carry away the king's family except Jehoahaz; Jehoram suffers prolonged intestinal disease and dies without public regret or royal burial honor.
Why It Needs Context
2 Chronicles 21:16 depends on 21:16–20; isolating “Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Raiders, disease, and dishonor end Jehoram's reign.”
Read 2 Chronicles 21:16–20 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 21:16–20 forms the complete movement “Raiders, disease, and dishonor end Jehoram's reign”: Philistine and Arabian forces plunder the palace and carry away the king's family except Jehoahaz; Jehoram suffers prolonged intestinal disease and dies without public regret or royal burial honor.
Verse 16. 16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
Verse 17. 17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
Verse 18. 18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
Verse 19. 19 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.
Verse 20. 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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Biblical text
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