2 Chronicles 21:16

16 ¹And the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the anger^[a] of the Philistines and of ²the Arabians who are near the Ethiopians.

2 Chronicles 21:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 21:16

Moreover, the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of
the Philistines
Which had been depressed in the times of Jehoshaphat, to whom they brought their presents and tribute willingly, ( 2 Chronicles 17:11 )

and of the Arabians that were near the Ethiopians;
not the Ethiopians of Africa, as the Targum, for the Arabians were not near them, but the Chusaean Arabs or Midianites, see ( Numbers 12:1 ) . The Targum is, the Word of the Lord did this.

2 Chronicles 21:16 In-Context

14 behold, the LORD will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,

15 and you yourself will have a severe sickness with a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the disease, day by day.'"

16 And the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the anger of the Philistines and of the Arabians who are near the Ethiopians.

17 And they came up against Judah and invaded it and carried away all the possessions they found that belonged to the king's house, and also his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son.

18 And after all this the LORD struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

Cross References

• 1. [1 Kings 11:14, 23]
• 2. 2 Chronicles 17:11; 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Chronicles 26:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew spirit