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2 Chronicles 21

2 Chron. 21:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Nowv Jehoshaphat
Yhowshaphat (Hebrew #3092)
Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem
KJV usage: Jehoshaphat. Compare 3146.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'
Origin: from 3068 and 8199
slept
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
with his fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, and was buried
qabar (Hebrew #6912)
to inter
KJV usage: X in any wise, bury(-ier).
Pronounce: kaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
with his fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
in the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
. And Jehoram
Yhowram (Hebrew #3088)
Jehovah-raised; Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites
KJV usage: Jehoram, Joram. Compare 3141.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-rawm'
Origin: from 3068 and 7311
his son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
reigned
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
in his stead.
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1 Kings 22:50• 50And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 22:50)

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City of David,
Fathers,
Jehoram,
Jehoshaphat

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  Jehoram, succeeding Jehoshaphat, slays his brethren.
5-7:  His wicked reign.
8-11:  Edom and Libnah revolt.
12-15:  The prophecy of Elijah against him in writing.
16-17:  Philistines and Arabians oppress him.
18-20:  His incurable disease, infamous death, and burial.
A.M. 3115.
B.C. 889.
Jehoshaphat.
1 Kings 22:50• 50And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 22:50)
was buried.
2 Chron. 21:20• 20He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being regretted. And they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. (2 Chron. 21:20)
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2 Chron. 9:31• 31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. (2 Chron. 9:31)
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2 Chron. 12:16• 16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his stead. (2 Chron. 12:16)
Jehoram.
2 Kings 8:16‑17• 16And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign.
 17He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. (2 Kings 8:16‑17)
reigned."Alone."
• The account of Jehoram's reign contained in 2 Kings 8:16-24 corresponds in substance to that which is said to us in 2 Chron. 21:5-10, but except for these few verses all we are told about Jehoram here is new. (“Jehoram: 2 Chronicles 21” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.