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</div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/21.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/21.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />So now the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/21.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So now the LORD is about to strike you, your people, your children, your wives, and all that is yours with a heavy blow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />behold, the LORD will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />behold, the LORD will strike your people with a serious affliction—your children, your wives, and all your possessions;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />behold, the LORD is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a great plague;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />behold, the LORD is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives and all your possessions with a great calamity;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />behold, the LORD is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a great calamity;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />behold, Yahweh is going to smite your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a great calamity;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />behold, the LORD is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a great disaster;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the LORD is now about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a horrible affliction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh is now about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a horrible affliction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />behold, Jehovah will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Because you have done these terrible things, the LORD will severely punish the people in your kingdom, including your own family, and he will destroy everything you own. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />behold, the LORD will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD will strike a great blow to your people, your sons, your wives, and all your property because you did this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />As a result, the LORD will severely punish your people, your children, and your wives, and will destroy your possessions. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Look what's going to happen! The LORD is going to strike your people, your children, your wives, and everything you own with a massive tragedy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So look, the LORD is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />look, the LORD will strike with a great plague your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your substance;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />behold, Yahweh will strike your people with a great plague, including your children, your wives, and all your possessions; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />behold, YHWH is striking [with] a great striking among your people, and among your sons, and among your wives, and among all your goods—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> lo, Jehovah is smiting -- a great smiting -- among thy people, and among thy sons, and among thy wives, and among all thy goods -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold, Jehovah smote a great stroke upon thy people, and upon thy sons, and upon thy wives, and upon all thy possessions:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />behold, the Lord will strike you with a great plague, with all your people, and your sons and wives, and all your substance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the LORD will strike your people, your children, your wives, and all that is yours with a great plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />see, the LORD will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the LORD will smite you with a great plague, together with your people, your children, your wives, and all your goods;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, LORD JEHOVAH strikes you and your people and your sons and your wives and all your goods with a great plague<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />behold, the LORD will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />behold, the Lord shall smite thee with a great plague among thy people, and thy sons, and thy wives, and all thy store:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=5207" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/21.htm">Elijah's Letter to Jehoram</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">So behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5062.htm" title="5062: nō·ḡêp̄ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To strike, smite. A primitive root; to push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict.">is about to strike</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: bə·‘am·me·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">your people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇə·ḇā·ne·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">your sons,</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ū·ḇə·nā·še·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">your wives,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·ḇə·ḵāl (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7399.htm" title="7399: rə·ḵū·še·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Property, goods. Or rkush; from passive participle of rakash; property.">your possessions</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh (Adj-fs) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">with a serious</a> <a href="/hebrew/4046.htm" title="4046: mag·gê·p̄āh (N-fs) -- A blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence. From nagaph; a pestilence; by analogy, defeat.">blow.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-20</a></span><br />If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-16</a></span><br />If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, / and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, / then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-10.htm">1 Kings 14:10</a></span><br />Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7-9</a></span><br />And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel. / The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel. / I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Jeremiah 19:3-4</a></span><br />saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring, / because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2</a></span><br />“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Isaiah 5:25</a></span><br />Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-12.htm">Ezekiel 14:12-13</a></span><br />And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3</a></span><br />Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-13.htm">Micah 6:13</a></span><br />Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-22.htm">Revelation 2:22-23</a></span><br />Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds. / Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35-36</a></span><br />And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. / Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-22.htm">Luke 21:22-24</a></span><br />For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. / How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people. / They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a></span><br />The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your goods:</p><p class="hdg">plague [heb] stroke</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-21.htm">Leviticus 26:21</a></b></br> And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/5-11.htm">Hosea 5:11</a></b></br> Ephraim <i>is</i> oppressed <i>and</i> broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/6-16.htm">Micah 6:16</a></b></br> For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.</p><p class="hdg">thy children</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God <i>am</i> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <i>generation</i> of them that hate me;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/18-23.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-29.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-7.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-7.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-14.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-17.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-3.htm">Possessions</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-17.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-17.htm">Smiting</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-15.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-1.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-13.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/34-20.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/esther/8-6.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-4.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-14.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-15.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-5.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/job/27-15.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-29.htm">Possessions</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-17.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-3.htm">Smiting</a> <a href="/job/1-11.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-17.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-17.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-1.htm">Jehoram, succeeding Jehoshaphat, slays his brothers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-5.htm">His wicked reign</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-8.htm">Edom and Libnah revolt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-12.htm">The prophecy of Elijah against him in writing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-16.htm">Philistines and Arabians oppress him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-18.htm">His incurable disease, infamous death, and burial</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It signals that what follows is a direct communication from God, demanding the listener's full attention.<p><b>the LORD is about to strike</b><br>The use of "the LORD" underscores the divine authority behind the impending action. The term "strike" indicates a severe judgment or punishment, reflecting God's response to sin and disobedience. This is consistent with the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where blessings and curses were contingent upon obedience (Deuteronomy 28).<p><b>your people,</b><br>This refers to the nation of Judah, over which King Jehoram ruled. The people are often seen as an extension of the king's leadership, and their fate is tied to his actions. This collective punishment reflects the communal nature of ancient Near Eastern societies, where the actions of a leader could bring consequences upon the entire community.<p><b>your sons,</b><br>Jehoram's sons represent his lineage and the future of his dynasty. The mention of his sons highlights the personal and familial impact of God's judgment. This is reminiscent of other biblical instances where the sins of a leader affect their descendants, such as the house of Eli (<a href="/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31-34</a>).<p><b>your wives,</b><br>The inclusion of Jehoram's wives in the judgment underscores the totality of the impending disaster. In the cultural context, wives were considered part of a man's household and wealth. This phrase indicates that the judgment will affect every aspect of Jehoram's personal life.<p><b>and all your possessions</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the comprehensive nature of the judgment, extending to material wealth and resources. In the ancient world, possessions were a sign of God's blessing and favor. The loss of possessions would signify a complete reversal of fortune and divine disfavor.<p><b>with a serious blow.</b><br>The term "serious blow" suggests a devastating and possibly fatal outcome. This phrase conveys the severity of the punishment, leaving no doubt about the seriousness of the situation. It serves as a warning to others about the consequences of turning away from God, echoing the prophetic tradition of calling for repentance and return to covenant faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehoram.htm">Jehoram</a></b><br>The king of Judah who led the nation into idolatry and wickedness, following the ways of the kings of Israel rather than the ways of his father, Jehoshaphat.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which Jehoram ruled. The people of Judah were led astray by Jehoram's idolatrous practices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/elijah_the_prophet.htm">Elijah the Prophet</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, Elijah sent a letter to Jehoram warning him of the consequences of his actions, which included the prophecy of the severe blow mentioned in this verse.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who is about to execute judgment on Jehoram and his household due to their unfaithfulness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry_and_apostasy.htm">Idolatry and Apostasy</a></b><br>The events leading to this judgment were Jehoram's abandonment of the worship of Yahweh and his leading the people into idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_leadership.htm">The Consequences of Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders have a profound impact on those they lead. Jehoram's idolatry led his entire nation astray, showing the importance of godly leadership.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's warnings through prophets like Elijah demonstrate His patience, but also His certainty in executing judgment when repentance is absent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin_on_family_and_community.htm">The Impact of Sin on Family and Community</a></b><br>Jehoram's sin affected not only himself but also his family and nation, illustrating the far-reaching consequences of personal sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Even in judgment, there is an implicit call to repentance. God's desire is for His people to turn back to Him, as seen throughout Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_faithfulness_of_god.htm">The Faithfulness of God</a></b><br>Despite human unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to His covenant, executing justice and offering mercy to those who return to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_2_chronicles_21_poorly_documented.htm">Why is there little to no extra-biblical documentation of this particular conflict and disease described in 2 Chronicles 21, if it was such a notable event?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_ancient_israel's_massive_plague.htm">Where is the historical or archaeological evidence for a massive plague decimating so many in ancient Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_elijah_write_to_king_jehoram.htm">Why did Elijah write to King Jehoram?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_70,000_die_for_david's_census.htm">How is it fair for 70,000 people to die (1 Chronicles 21:14) because of David's census?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">Behold, Jehovah is about to smite a great smiting in thy people and in thy sons.</span> The immediate object of the verb is not expressed. (Comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/21-18.htm" title="And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.">2Chronicles 21:18</a>.) It was Jehoram himself who was smitten <span class= "ital">in</span> his people, and <span class= "ital">in</span> his sons, and <span class= "ital">in</span> his wives, and <span class= "ital">in</span> all his goods, as <a href="/2_chronicles/21-17.htm" title="And they came up into Judah, and broke 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.">2Chronicles 21:17</a> shows. The "smiting "--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> heaven-sent stroke, or Divine visitation--consisted in an invasion of Philistines and Arabs, who sacked Jerusalem and the royal palace.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A great plague;</span> Hebrew, <span class="hebrew">מַגֵּפָה</span>, Out of the twenty-six occurrences of this word, it is rendered (Authorized Version) twenty-three times by the word "plague," twice by the word "slaughter" (<a href="/2_samuel/17-9.htm">2 Samuel 17:9</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/18-7.htm">2 Samuel 18:7</a>), and once "stroke" (<a href="/ezekiel/24-16.htm">Ezekiel 24:16</a>). It is not the word (<span class="hebrew">גֶגַע</span>) which about sixty times (chiefly in Leviticus)describes the <span class="accented">physical</span> plague, but both of the words are applied to the plagues, <span class="accented">e.g.</span> of Pharaoh, and to the suffering that came of any severe smiting of the people. As no physical affliction in the shape of disease visited, so far as we know, the <span class="cmt_word">people, wives</span>, and children of the king, and as his <span class="cmt_word">goods</span> are reckoned in for the great <span class="accented">plague</span>, the general opinion is probably the correct one, that the invasions spoken of (vers. 16, 17) fulfilled the punishment now announced. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is about to strike</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹגֵ֛ף</span> <span class="translit">(nō·ḡêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5062.htm">Strong's 5062: </a> </span><span class="str2">To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your people,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘am·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your sons,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְבָנֶ֥יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḇā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your wives,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְנָשֶׁ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·nā·še·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your possessions</span><br /><span class="heb">רְכוּשֶֽׁךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(rə·ḵū·še·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7399.htm">Strong's 7399: </a> </span><span class="str2">Property, goods</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a serious</span><br /><span class="heb">גְדוֹלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blow.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַגֵּפָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(mag·gê·p̄āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4046.htm">Strong's 4046: </a> </span><span class="str2">A blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">2 Chronicles 21:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">2 Chronicles 21:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">2 Chronicles 21:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">2 Chronicles 21:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">2 Chronicles 21:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">2 Chronicles 21:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">2 Chronicles 21:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">2 Chronicles 21:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">2 Chronicles 21:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">2 Chronicles 21:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 21:14 Behold Yahweh will strike with a great (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 21:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 21:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 21:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 21:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>