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2 Chron. 21:1 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers. See notes on 1 Kings 2:10 and 11:43; see 1 Kings 22:50.
21:2–22:12 Jehoram and Ahaziah. God is faithful to his promise to preserve David’s lineage, even when specific Davidic kings behave like the wicked King Ahab.
2 Chron. 21:2–20 The Chronicler expands the account of Jehoram’s reign in 2 Kings 8:16–24. Here, and in his accounts of Ahaziah (2 Chron. 22:1–9) and Athaliah (22:10–23:21), he highlights the disastrous influence of Ahab’s house on the Davidic dynasty and Judah.
2 Chron. 21:2–6 Jehoram reigned c. 849–842 b.c., including a co-regency with his father from 853. His marriage to Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab, influenced him in the evil ways of that kingdom. He killed all of his brothers and other possible rivals (a policy that Athaliah would later repeat; see 22:10). Alliance with the ungodly would bring the dynasty to the brink of destruction.
2 Chron. 21:6 he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. See note on 2 Kings 8:18.
2 Chron. 21:7 because of the covenant that he had made with David. See 1 Chron. 17:14. a lamp to him and to his sons forever. Symbolic language for persistence and permanence in the darkest times, perhaps suggested by the constantly burning temple lamps (2 Chron. 13:11).
2 Chron. 21:8–10 Edom and Libnah revolted against Jehoram, and the Chronicler says it was because Jehoram had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers. Libnah was a Judean city on the border with Philistia.
2 Chron. 21:11–20 In contrast to his father Jehoshaphat, who removed the high places (17:6), Jehoram actually promotes their construction. He was probably influenced in this by his marriage to Athaliah, daughter of the northern king Ahab. The prophets often described idolatry as whoredom (see Ezek. 16:16; Hos. 4:17–18). letter . . . from Elijah the prophet. As always in Chronicles, the rebellious king is rebuked by a prophet. The last years of Elijah’s ministry overlapped with the beginning of Jehoram’s reign (2 Kings 1:17). On disease as divine punishment, see 2 Chron. 16:12; 26:19–21; and note on John 9:2.
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