King James Version
What Does 2 Chronicles 21:5 Mean?
“Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.”
Context
3
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
4
Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
5
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
6
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
7
Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever. light: Heb. lamp, or, candle
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers**JEHORAM’S IDOLATRY. THE REVOLT OF EDOM AND LIBNAH**
(2Chronicles 21:5-11).
This section is parallel with 2Kings 8:17-22.
(5) **Jehoram was thirty and two years old.**—2Kings 8:17, “*he* was;*”* because the name had just occurred in the former verse.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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