Context Revolt against Judah8In his days Edom revolted against the rule of Judah and set up a king over themselves. 9Then Jehoram crossed over with his commanders and all his chariots with him. And he arose by night and struck down the Edomites who were surrounding him and the commanders of the chariots. 10So Edom revolted against Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time against his rule, because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. 11Moreover, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot and led Judah astray. 12Then a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet saying, “Thus says the LORD God of your father David, ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father and the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot as the house of Ahab played the harlot, and you have also killed your brothers, your own family, who were better than you, 14behold, the LORD is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives and all your possessions with a great calamity; 15and you will suffer severe sickness, a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the sickness, day by day.’” 16Then the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs who bordered the Ethiopians; 17and they came against Judah and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king’s house together with his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. 18So after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable sickness. 19Now it came about in the course of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels came out because of his sickness and he died in great pain. And his people made no fire for him like the fire for his fathers. 20He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed with no one’s regret, and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionIn his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. Douay-Rheims Bible In those days Edom revolted, from being subject to Juda, and made themselves a king. Darby Bible Translation In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they set a king over themselves. English Revised Version In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. Webster's Bible Translation In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. World English Bible In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. Young's Literal Translation In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and cause a king to reign over them; Library The Prophecy of Obadiah. We need not enter into details regarding the question as to the time when the prophet wrote. By a thorough argumentation, Caspari has proved, that he occupies his right position in the Canon, and hence belongs to the earliest age of written prophecy, i.e., to the time of Jeroboam II. and Uzziah. As bearing conclusively against those who would assign to him a far later date, viz., the time of the exile, there is not only the indirect testimony borne by the place which this prophecy occupies in … Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Jericho Itself. The Fall of the House of Ahab A Discourse of Mercifulness The Prophet Joel. Chronicles Links 2 Chronicles 21:8 NIV • 2 Chronicles 21:8 NLT • 2 Chronicles 21:8 ESV • 2 Chronicles 21:8 NASB • 2 Chronicles 21:8 KJV • 2 Chronicles 21:8 Bible Apps • 2 Chronicles 21:8 Parallel • Bible Hub |
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