Lìdaìzhìxià 21:4

4 Yuēlán xīngqǐ zuò tā fù de wèi , fèn yǒng zì qiáng , jiù yòng dāo shā le tāde zhòng xiōngdi hé Yǐsèliè de jǐ gè shǒulǐng .

Lìdaìzhìxià 21:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 21:4

Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father,
&c.] Succeeded him in it, and reigned alone, for he had reigned with his father some years before his death; (See Gill on 2 Kings 8:16), he strengthened himself;
in the kingdom, by some means or another closely attaching the greater part of the princes, and people of the land, unto him, when he thought himself well settled and established on the throne; though some understand it of making strong, or hardening his heart to do what is next mentioned: and slew all his brethren with the sword;
either to get their riches into his hands, or lest, being religious princes, they should oppose his restoring idolatry, and for that reason the people should depose him, and set up one of them; and therefore he dispatched them out of the way to secure himself, and carry his point: and [divers] also of the princes of Israel;
such who had removed out of the ten tribes, for the sake of religion, and therefore would never agree to the introduction of idolatry among them, for which reason Jehoram slew them; and perhaps they might express their disapprobation and abhorrence of his murder of his brethren.

Lìdaìzhìxià 21:4 In-Context

2 Yuēlán yǒu jǐ gè xiōngdi , jiù shì Yuēshāfǎ de érzi Yàsālìyǎ , Yéxiē , sǎ jiā lì yǎ , Yàsālìyǎ , Mǐjiālè , Shìfǎtíyǎ . zhè dōu shì Yóudà wáng Yuēshāfǎ de érzi .

3 Tāmende fùqin jiāng xǔduō jīn yín , cáibǎo , hé Yóudà dì de jiāngù chéng cìgĕi tāmen . dàn jiāng guó cìgĕi Yuēlán , yīnwei tā shì zhǎngzǐ .

4 Yuēlán xīngqǐ zuò tā fù de wèi , fèn yǒng zì qiáng , jiù yòng dāo shā le tāde zhòng xiōngdi hé Yǐsèliè de jǐ gè shǒulǐng .

5 Yuēlán dēng jī de shíhou nián sān shí èr suì , zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng zuò wáng bā nián .

6 Tā xíng Yǐsèliè zhū wáng de dào , yǔ yà hā jiā yíyàng . yīn tā qǔ le yà hā de nǚér wèi qī , xíng Yēhéhuá yǎn zhōng kàn wéi è de shì .