2 Chronicles 21 · Verse 18

2 Chronicles 21:18

And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
2 Chronicles 21:18, King James Version

2 Chronicles 21:18 in other translations

BSBAfter all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
WEBAfter all this the LORD struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
ASVAnd after all this Jehovah smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
YLTAnd after all this hath Jehovah plagued him in his bowels by a disease for which there is no healing,
DARBYAnd after all this, Jehovah smote him in his bowels with an incurable sickness.
BBEAnd after all this the Lord sent on him a disease of the stomach from which it was impossible for him to be made well.
WebsterAnd after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

What does 2 Chronicles 21:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 21:12-19

12-15. there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet--That prophet's translation having taken place in the reign of Jehoshaphat [2Ki 2:11, 12], we must conclude that the name of Elijah has, by the error of a transcriber, been put for that of Elisha.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 The Lord smote him - "And after all these things the Word of the Lord smote his bowels," etc. - Targum.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 21:12-20

A warning from God was sent to Jehoram. The Spirit of prophecy might direct Elijah to prepare this writing in the foresight of Jehoram's crimes. He is plainly told that his sin should certainly ruin him. But no marvel that sinners are not frightened from sin, and to repentance, by the threatenings of misery in another world, when the certainty of misery in this world, the sinking of their estates, and the ruin of…

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2 Chronicles 21:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַחֲרֵ֖יve.'a.cha.Reiand afterH310
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
זֹ֑אתZotthisH2063
נְגָפ֨וֹne.ga.Fohe struck himH5062
יְהוָ֧ה\׀Yah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּמֵעָ֛יוbe.me.'Avin bowels hisH4578
לָחֳלִ֖יlo.cho.Lito a sicknessH2483
לְאֵ֥יןle.'Einto there notH369
מַרְפֵּֽא\׃mar.Pe'[was] healingH4832

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 21:18

  • 2 Chronicles 21:15

    And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

  • Acts 12:23

    And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  • 2 Kings 9:29

    And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3117-3119. B.C. 887-885. And after all."His son Ahaziah Prorex, soon after."
an incurable disease.
15; 2Ki 9:29; Ac 12:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 21:17

    And they came up into Judah, and brake 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:18

    And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:19

    And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

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2 Chronicles 21:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Después de todo esto Jehová lo hirió en las entrañas de una enfermedad incurable.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et après tout cela, l’ Éternel le frappa dans ses entrailles d’une maladie incurable.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und nach allem diesem plagte ihn Jehova mit einer unheilbaren Krankheit in seinen Eingeweiden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et super hæc omnia percussit eum Dominus alvi languore insanabili.