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2 Chronicles 21 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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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.

Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“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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