2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 21:15–20

¹⁵And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”

¹⁶Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites. ¹⁷So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz,^c his youngest.

¹⁸After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. ¹⁹This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.

²⁰Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

Footnotes

c 21:17 Jehoahaz is a variant of Ahaziah; see 2 Chronicles 22:1|2CH 22:1.

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2 Chronicles 21:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And day	יָמִ֖ים	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
after	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
day	יָמִֽים׃	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
you yourself	וְאַתָּ֛ה	wə·’at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
will suffer from a severe	רַבִּ֖ים	rab·bîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7227 much, many, great
illness	בָּחֳלָיִ֥ים	bā·ḥo·lā·yîm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural	H2483 sickness
a disease	בְּמַחֲלֵ֣ה	bə·ma·ḥă·lêh	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4245 sickness, disease
of your bowels	מֵעֶ֑יךָ	mê·‘e·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H4578 internal organs, inward parts (intestines, bowels), belly
until	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
causes	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
your bowels	מֵעֶ֙יךָ֙	mê·‘e·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H4578 internal organs, inward parts (intestines, bowels), belly
to come out	יֵצְא֤וּ	yê·ṣə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3318 go or come out

2 Chronicles 21:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the LORD	יְהוָ֜ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
stirred	וַיָּ֨עַר	way·yā·‘ar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5782 rouse oneself, awake
against	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
Jehoram	יְהוֹרָ֗ם	yə·hō·w·rām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3088 Jehoram
the spirit	ר֤וּחַ	rū·aḥ	Noun - common singular construct	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
of the Philistines	הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙	hap·pə·liš·tîm	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
and Arabs	וְהָ֣עַרְבִ֔ים	wə·hā·‘ar·ḇîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6163 steppe-dweller
who	אֲשֶׁ֖ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
lived near	יַ֥ד	yaḏ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
the Cushites	כּוּשִֽׁים׃	kū·šîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3569 Cushite

2 Chronicles 21:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So they went to war	וַיַּעֲל֤וּ	way·ya·‘ă·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
against Judah	בִֽיהוּדָה֙	ḇî·hū·ḏāh	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
invaded it	וַיִּבְקָע֔וּהָ	way·yiḇ·qā·‘ū·hā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person feminine singular	H1234 cleave, break open or through
and carried off	וַיִּשְׁבּ֗וּ	way·yiš·bū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7617 take captive
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the possessions	הָרְכוּשׁ֙	hā·rə·ḵūš	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7399 property, goods
found	הַנִּמְצָ֣א	han·nim·ṣā	Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H4672 attain to, find
in the king’s	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
palace	לְבֵית־	lə·ḇêṯ-	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
along with	וְגַם־	wə·ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
his sons	בָּנָ֖יו	bā·nāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
and wives	וְנָשָׁ֑יו	wə·nā·šāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
not	וְלֹ֤א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
a son	בֵּ֔ן	bên	Noun - masculine singular	H1121 son
was left	נִשְׁאַר־	niš·’ar-	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7604 remain, be left over
to him	לוֹ֙	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
except	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
Jehoahaz	יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז	yə·hō·w·’ā·ḥāz	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3059 Jehoachaz
his youngest	קְטֹ֥ן	qə·ṭōn	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H6996 small, young, unimportant

2 Chronicles 21:18

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
After	וְאַחֲרֵ֖י	wə·’a·ḥă·rê	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H310 behind
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
this	זֹ֑את	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
the LORD	יְהוָ֧ה׀	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
afflicted	נְגָפ֨וֹ	nə·ḡā·p̄ōw	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5062 strike, smite
with an incurable	לְאֵ֥ין	lə·’ên	Preposition-l; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
disease	לָחֳלִ֖י	lā·ḥo·lî	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H2483 sickness
of the bowels	בְּמֵעָ֛יו	bə·mê·‘āw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4578 internal organs, inward parts (intestines, bowels), belly

2 Chronicles 21:19

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
This continued	וַיְהִ֣י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
day	לְיָמִ֣ים׀	lə·yā·mîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
after day	מִיָּמִ֡ים	mî·yā·mîm	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
until two	שְׁנַ֗יִם	šə·na·yim	Number - md	H8147 two
full years	לְיָמִ֣ים	lə·yā·mîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
had passed	צֵ֨את	ṣêṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3318 go or come out
Finally	הַקֵּ֜ץ	haq·qêṣ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7093 end
his intestines	מֵעָיו֙	mê·‘āw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4578 internal organs, inward parts (intestines, bowels), belly
came out	יָצְא֤וּ	yā·ṣə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3318 go or come out
because of	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
his disease	חָלְי֔וֹ	ḥā·lə·yōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2483 sickness
and he died	וַיָּ֖מָת	way·yā·māṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die
in severe	רָעִ֑ים	rā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7451 bad, evil
pain	בְּתַחֲלֻאִ֣ים	bə·ṯa·ḥă·lu·’îm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural	H8463 malady
And his people	עַמּ֛וֹ	‘am·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5971 people
did not	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
make	עָ֨שׂוּ	‘ā·śū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6213 do, make
a fire	שְׂרֵפָ֖ה	śə·rê·p̄āh	Noun - feminine singular	H8316 burning
in his honor	ל֥וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
as they had done	כִּשְׂרֵפַ֥ת	kiś·rê·p̄aṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8316 burning
for his fathers	אֲבֹתָֽיו׃	’ă·ḇō·ṯāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father

2 Chronicles 21:20

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Jehoram was	הָיָ֣ה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
thirty-two	שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים	šə·lō·šîm	Number - common plural	H7970 thirty
years old	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
when he became king	בְמָלְכ֔וֹ	ḇə·mā·lə·ḵōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
and he reigned	מָלַ֖ךְ	mā·laḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
in Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bî·rū·šā·lim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
eight	וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה	ū·šə·mō·w·neh	Conjunctive waw; Number - feminine singular	H8083 eight
years	שָׁנִ֔ים	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year
He died	וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
to no	בְּלֹ֣א	bə·lō	Preposition-b; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
one’s regret	חֶמְדָּ֔ה	ḥem·dāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2532 id.
and was buried	וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙	way·yiq·bə·ru·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H6912 bury
in the City	בְּעִ֣יר	bə·‘îr	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H5892 excitement
of David	דָּוִ֔יד	dā·wîḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
but not	וְלֹ֖א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
in the tombs	בְּקִבְר֥וֹת	bə·qiḇ·rō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H6913 grave, sepulchre
of the kings	הַמְּלָכִֽים׃	ham·mə·lā·ḵîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4428 king