2 Chronicles 21 Footnotes

21:2 “King . . . of Judah” is literally “king of Israel.” This was not the only time where the Chronicler used the term “Israel” to refer to Judah. As far as he was concerned, the divided kingdom was an aberration. All the kings of Judah were the legitimate kings of all Israel. (See note on 20:34.)

21:5 Jehoram became coregent with his father Jehoshaphat in 853 BC, and his official reign was 848–841 BC.

21:6 “Ahab’s daughter” was Athaliah, also the granddaughter of Omri (22:2).

21:19 “Two full years” is literally “two days.” Most modern translations understand the Hebrew word for “days” in the plural to mean a year. Otherwise, it seems to contradict the longer period of illness implied in v. 15 above. Some interpret the expression to mean his intestines came out two days before he died. The “fire” was not a cremation, but a ritual of honor.