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2 Chronicles 21:12-15

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

12. And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13. But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, [which were] better than thyself: 14. Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: 15. And thou [shalt have] great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

2 Chronicles 21:12-15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 21:12

Theological / Devotional

From Elijah. This is the only reference to Elijah in Chronicles. A brief record of the prophet’s work is found in 1 Kings 17-19, 21; 2 Kings 1, 2. Elijah was a prophet of the northern kingdom, and since the narrative in Chronicles is concerned primarily with the history of Judah, he receives only incidental mention. The account of Elijah’s translation is recorded in 2 Kings 2, but the account of Jehoram’s reign does not occur till 2 Kings 8. Biblical events are not always related in strict chronological sequence.

Thou hast not walked. This phrase makes it clear that Elijah’s words were a personal message addressed directly to Jehoram, and that Elijah had not yet ascended (see PK 213).

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