2 Cronache 21:2

2 Jehoram avea de’ fratelli, figliuoli di Giosafat: Azaria, Jehiel, Zaccaria, Azariahu, Micael e Scefatia; tutti questi erano figliuoli di Giosafat, re d’Israele;

2 Cronache 21:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 21:2

And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat
That is, Jehoram had, who succeeded him: their names follow, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and
Shephatiah;
two of them were of the same name; though it may be observed, that in the Hebrew text they are somewhat distinguished, the latter is called Azariah; Jehiel is said, by the Jews ^F24, to be the same with Hiel that rebuilt Jericho; indeed it was rebuilt in the times of Jehoshaphat, and was a city of the tribe of Benjamin, ( Joshua 18:21 ) which was under his jurisdiction; but it can never be thought that he would ever suffer a son of his to rebuild it; besides, he is expressly said to be a Bethelite, ( 1 Kings 16:34 ) , all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel;
which generally, since the division of the kingdom, designs the ten tribes, but cannot be the meaning here, because Jehoshaphat was only king of two tribes, Judah and Benjamin; they were tribes of Israel indeed, and so he was king of a part of Israel; and besides, many out of the ten tribes came and settled in his kingdom, and were under his government; though some think he is so called, because he concerned himself so much for the kingdom of Israel, and more than for his own; but the Vulgate Latin, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, all read king of Judah; wherefore some are of opinion that Israel is a mistake of the transcriber; but this need not be supposed, since he was of right king of Israel, and was in fact king of two tribes that belonged to Israel.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 T. Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 29. 4.

2 Cronache 21:2 In-Context

1 E Giosafat s’addormentò coi suoi padri, e con essi fu sepolto nella città di Davide; e Jehoram, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.

2 Jehoram avea de’ fratelli, figliuoli di Giosafat: Azaria, Jehiel, Zaccaria, Azariahu, Micael e Scefatia; tutti questi erano figliuoli di Giosafat, re d’Israele;

3 e il padre loro avea fatto ad essi grandi doni d’argento, d’oro e di cose preziose, con delle città fortificate in Giuda, ma avea lasciato il regno a Jehoram, perch’era il primogenito.

4 Or quando Jehoram ebbe preso possesso del regno di suo padre e vi si fu solidamente stabilito, fece morir di spada tutti i suoi fratelli, come pure alcuni dei capi d’Israele.

5 Jehoram avea trentadue anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò otto anni in Gerusalemme.