2 Cronache 21:4

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.

2 Cronache 21:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 21:4

Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father,
&c.] Succeeded him in it, and reigned alone, for he had reigned with his father some years before his death; (See Gill on 2 Kings 8:16), he strengthened himself;
in the kingdom, by some means or another closely attaching the greater part of the princes, and people of the land, unto him, when he thought himself well settled and established on the throne; though some understand it of making strong, or hardening his heart to do what is next mentioned: and slew all his brethren with the sword;
either to get their riches into his hands, or lest, being religious princes, they should oppose his restoring idolatry, and for that reason the people should depose him, and set up one of them; and therefore he dispatched them out of the way to secure himself, and carry his point: and [divers] also of the princes of Israel;
such who had removed out of the ten tribes, for the sake of religion, and therefore would never agree to the introduction of idolatry among them, for which reason Jehoram slew them; and perhaps they might express their disapprobation and abhorrence of his murder of his brethren.

2 Cronache 21:4 In-Context

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.

6 E camminò per la via dei re d’Israele come avea fatto la casa di Achab, poiché avea per moglie una figliuola di Achab; e fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno.