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What Does 2 Chronicles 21:19 Mean?

“And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.”

Context

And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. carried: Heb. carried captive Jehoahaz: also called, Ahaziah, Chap.22.I. or, Azariah, ver.6.

And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. without: Heb. without desire

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Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(19) **In process of time.**—Comp. 2Chronicles 21:15. Literally, *at days from days, i.e.,* “a year after a year,” or “after two years.” **After the end of two years.**—This clause more exactly defines the preceding. Literally, *and about the time of the going forth of the end of two years, i.e.,* when two full years after the delivery of the prediction had expired. The time of the event exactly coincided with the time predicted. Vulg., well: “duorum annorum expletus est circulus;” Syriac, “When the prophet’s word was fulfilled touching two years.” **By reason of his sickness.**—Literally, *along with, i.e., in, during,* his disease, which appears to have been a violent dysentery. **So he died of sore diseases.**—*And he died in sore pains* (*tachaluim,* Deuteronomy 29:21). **And his people made no burning for him.**—The usual honours of a sovereign were withheld in his case. (See on 2Chronicles 16:14; and comp. Jeremiah 22:19.) So Syriac: “And his people did him no honour, as they did to his fathers.”

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

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