2 Chronicles 21:17

17 and they came against Judah and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king's house together with his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except * ¹Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

2 Chronicles 21:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 21:17

And they came up into Judah, and brake into it
l In an hostile manner:

and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house,
his gold, silver, and precious things, the rich furniture of his palace; no mention is made of any other plunder in the city, or the country; so that they seem to have had their principal eye to the king's palace, and the spoil of that; being so directed by the providence of God, who had stirred them up to do this as a punishment of Jehoram:

and his sons also, and his wives;
these they also carried away, all but Athaliah, who hid herself; he through his disease not being able to make any opposition, or to get any forces together to withstand them:

so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz,
the youngest of his sons; the same that is called Ahaziah and Azariah, ( 2 Chronicles 22:1 2 Chronicles 22:6 ) so the prophecy in ( 2 Chronicles 21:14 ) was fulfilled.

2 Chronicles 21:17 In-Context

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

16 Then the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs who bordered the Ethiopians;

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

18 So after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable sickness.

19 Now it came about in the course of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels came out because of his sickness and he died in great pain. And his people made no fire for him like the fire for his fathers.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 25:23

Footnotes

• [a]. In 2 Chr 22:1, "Ahaziah"