2 Chronicles 21:16

What does 2 Chronicles 21:16 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 21:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jehovah stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians that are beside the Ethiopians:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Moreover the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jehovah stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians that are beside the Ethiopians:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then the Philistines and the Arabians, who are by Ethiopia, were moved by the Lord to make war on Jehoram;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Jehovah waketh up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who <FI>are<Fi> beside the Cushim,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on the Ethiopians.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Jehovah stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who [are] near the Ethiopians;

Context

v.15and thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day by day.

v.16This passage

v.17and they came up against 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 11:14

    And Jehovah raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.

  • Ezra 1:5

    Then rose up the heads of fathers’housesof Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:11

    Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

  • Amos 3:6

    Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

  • 2 Chronicles 26:7

    And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.

  • Isaiah 45:5

    I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;

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