2 Chronicles 21:18

18 The terrible and fatal disease in his colon followed. After about two years he was totally incontinent and died writhing in pain.

2 Chronicles 21:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 21:18

After all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an
incurable disease.
] What it was is not agreed upon; some take it be an "hernia", or rupture; others, the falling of the "anus", or a fistula in it; others, the colic, or iliac passion; but generally it is thought to be a dysentery, or bloody flux; the Targum is,

``the Word of the Lord broke him.''

2 Chronicles 21:18 In-Context

16 The trouble started with an invasion. God incited the Philistines and the Arabs who lived near the Ethiopians to attack Jehoram.

17 They came to the borders of Judah, forced their way in, and plundered the place - robbing the royal palace of everything in it including his wives and sons. One son, his youngest, Ahaziah, was left behind.

18 The terrible and fatal disease in his colon followed. After about two years he was totally incontinent and died writhing in pain.

19 His people didn't honor him by lighting a great bonfire, as was customary with his ancestors.

20 He was thirty-two years old when he became king and reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. There were no tears shed when he died - it was good riddance! - and they buried him in the City of David, but not in the royal cemetery.