2 Chronicles 21 · Verse 19

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.
2 Chronicles 21:19, King James Version

2 Chronicles 21:19 in other translations

BSBThis 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.
WEBIn process of time, at the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of severe diseases. His people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
ASVAnd it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
YLTand it cometh to pass, from days to days, and at the time of the going out of the end of two years, his bowels have gone out with his sickness, and he dieth of sore diseases, and his people have not made for him a burning like the burning of his fathers.
DARBYAnd it came to pass, from day to day, and at the time when the second year was drawing to a close, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died in cruel sufferings. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
BBEAnd time went on, and after two years, his inside falling out because of the disease, he came to his death in cruel pain. And his people made no burning for him like the burning made for his fathers.
WebsterAnd 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 severe diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

What does 2 Chronicles 21:19 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 19 After the end of two years, his bowels fell out - The Targum seems to intimate that he had a constipation and inflammation in his bowels; and that at last his bowels gushed out. No burning - "His people made no burning of aromatic woods for him, as they had done for his forefathers." - Targum. See on 2Chr 16:14 (note).

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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 21:19 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.

וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
לְיָמִ֣ים\׀le.ya.Mimto daysH3117
מִיָּמִ֡יםmi.ya.Mimfrom daysH3117
וּכְעֵת֩u.khe.'Etand about [the] time ofH6256
צֵ֨אתtzet[the] going out ofH3318
הַקֵּ֜ץha.Ketzthe endH7093
לְיָמִ֣יםle.ya.Mimof daysH3117
שְׁנַ֗יִםshe.Na.yimtwoH8147
יָצְא֤וּya.tze.'Uthey came outH3318
מֵעָיו֙me.'Avbowels hisH4578
עִם\־'im-withH5973
חָלְי֔וֹchal.Yosickness hisH2483
וַיָּ֖מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191
בְּתַחֲלֻאִ֣יםbe.ta.cha.lu.'Imin diseasesH8463
רָעִ֑יםra.'ImharmfulH7451
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
עָ֨שׂוּ'A.suthey madeH6213
ל֥וֹlofor him
עַמּ֛וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971
שְׂרֵפָ֖הse.re.Faha burningH8316
כִּשְׂרֵפַ֥תkis.re.Fatlike [the] burning ofH8316
אֲבֹתָֽיו\׃'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 21:19

  • 2 Chronicles 16:14

    And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.

  • Jeremiah 34:5

    But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord.

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made no.
16:14; Jer 34:5

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Context

  • 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:20

    Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

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2 Chronicles 21:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y aconteció que, pasando un día tras otro, al fin, al cabo de dos años, las entrañas se le salieron con la enfermedad, muriendo así de enfermedad muy penosa. Y no le hizo quema su pueblo, como las había hecho á sus padres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arriva, de jour en jour, et au temps où la seconde année tirait à sa fin, que ses entrailles sortirent par l’effet de la maladie, et il mourut dans de cruelles souffrances; et son peuple ne fit pas brûler pour lui des aromates, comme on en avait fait brûler pour ses pères.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah von Tag zu Tag, und zur Zeit, als das Ende von zwei Jahren eintrat, daß seine Eingeweide bei seiner Krankheit heraustraten und er starb unter heftigen Schmerzen. Und sein Volk machte ihm keinen Brand gleich dem Brande seiner Väter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque diei succederet dies, et temporum spatia volverentur, duorum annorum expletus est circulus: et sic longa consumptus tabe, ita ut egereret etiam viscera sua, languore pariter, et vita caruit. Mortuusque est in infirmitate pessima, et non fecit ei populus secundum morem combustionis exequias, sicut fecerat majoribus ejus.