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2 Chronicles 21:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
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Quick Meaning
Connects Ahabite conduct with marriage and explicit royal evil.
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 21:1–21:7
Connects Ahabite conduct with marriage and explicit royal evil. Read 2 Chronicles 21:6 within 21:1–21:7. The complete unit records: Jehoram receives the throne, kills his brothers and officials, follows Ahab's house through marriage, and does evil, yet Judah is not destroyed because of the covenant with David.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The darkest Davidic succession is set directly under a promise that preserves the line without approving the ruler. In this exact position, the line beginning “And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did…” connects Ahabite conduct with marriage and explicit royal evil.
Follow the Context
- Jehoram receives the throne, kills his brothers and officials, follows Ahab's house through marriage, and does evil, yet Judah is not destroyed because of the covenant with David.
- The darkest Davidic succession is set directly under a promise that preserves the line without approving the ruler.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did…”
In plain language: Connects Ahabite conduct with marriage and explicit royal evil.
The line beginning “And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did…” connects Ahabite conduct with marriage and explicit royal evil.
Why it matters: The wording carries a material literary, historical, temple, royal-power, violence, ethnic, illness, gender, exile, reception, or misuse boundary.
How certain? probableWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
Covenant preservation does not grant royal immunity, excuse fratricide, or require victims to accept abuse for an institution's survival.
What Remains True
Connects Ahabite conduct with marriage and explicit royal evil. This concrete detail supports a bounded truth: Faithful memory tells the truth about worship and power together: it preserves covenant hope while naming labor, victims, institutional limits, human agency, and uncertainty.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because this verse connects Ahabite conduct with marriage and explicit royal evil, keep it inside 21:1–21:7, compare its Samuel-Kings relationship honestly, protect affected people from coercion or stigma, and apply only the accountable principle the complete unit supports.
Teach It Back
Explain why 2 Chronicles 21:6 connects Ahabite conduct with marriage and explicit royal evil. Use 21:1–21:7, paraphrase “And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did…,” state one source or reconstruction limit, identify one person or group power can obscure, and reject one conclusion this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 2 Chronicles 21:1–21:7 — Jehoram kills his brothers and rules under the Davidic promiseSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
2 Chronicles 21:6 remains within this thought-unit limit: Chronicles adds the fratricide and frames Davidic promise differently from Kings; motives, numbers, and source relations remain uncertain.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 2 Chronicles 21:1–21:7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 21:1–21:7
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NET Bible Full Notes: 2 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 2 Chronicles 21:1–21:7, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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