Passage Research
2 Chronicles 21 — Sermon Preparation
Jehoram kills his brothers, marries Ahab's daughter, and leads Judah into idolatry; Elijah's written prophecy predicts his humiliation and painful death. Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 21, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 20
- verses
- 321 / 132
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
2 Chronicles 21 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוֹרָם | Yᵉhôwrâm | H3088 | 6 | Jehoram |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 9 | father |
| יְהוּדָה | Yᵉhûwdâh | H3063 | 8 | Jehudah |
| מָלַךְ | mâlak | H4427 | 6 | reign, ascend the throne |
| חֳלִי | chŏlîy | H2483 | 4 | malady, anxiety |
| מֵעֶה | mêʻeh | H4578 | 4 | intestines, abdomen |
| יְהוֹשָׁפָט | Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ | H3092 | 4 | Jehoshaphat |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Never surely did any kingdom change its king so much for the worse as Judah did, when Jehoram, one of the vilest, succeeded Jehoshaphat, one of the best. Thus were they punished for not making a better use of Jehoshaphat's good government, and their disaffectedness (or coldness at least) to his reformation, ch. xx. 33. Those that knew not now to value a good king are justly plagued with a bad one. Here is, I. Jehoram's elevation to the throne, ver. 1-3. II. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 21:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- City of David— 2 Chr 21:1
- Edom— 2 Chr 21:10
- Libnah 1— 2 Chr 21:10
- Jerusalem— 2 Chr 21:11
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