Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 21:14
Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
14. with a great plague will the Lord smite ] R.V. the LORD will smite with a great plague (“stroke,” mg.). For “plague” cp. 2Ch 6:28-29. Jehoram’s “plague” is described in 2Ch 21:16-17.
thy goods ] R.V. thy substance (Gen 12:5); the Heb. word includes both “goods” and “chattels” (i.e. live stock).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The fulfillment of the threat is given in 2Ch 21:16-17.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. Will the Lord smite] “The WORD of the Lord will send a great mortality.” – Targum.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The Lord will smite thy people.
Quest. Why the people for his sin?
Answ. 1. Because the generality of them sinned in complying with his wicked and idolatrous commands through fear, 2Ch 21:11.
2. Because he suffered in his peoples destruction: for as the honour, and safety, and strength of a king lies in the multitude and prosperity of his people, Pro 14:28; so when they are diminished and destroyed, the king is very much weakened and endangered by it.
Thy children and thy wives; whose lives shall go for the lives of thy brethren, 2Ch 21:4.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people,…. They going into the same idolatry with himself willingly, at least great part of them, and therefore deserved to be smitten, and which would be a punishment to him:
and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods; which should be carried captive, as the event shows.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people.Literally, Behold, Jehovah is about to smite a great smiting in thy people and in thy sons. The immediate object of the verb is not expressed. (Comp. 2Ch. 21:18.) It was Jehoram himself who was smitten in his people, and in his sons, and in his wives, and in all his goods, as 2Ch. 21:17 shows. The smiting i.e., heaven-sent stroke, or Divine visitationconsisted in an invasion of Philistines and Arabs, who sacked Jerusalem and the royal palace.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
14. A great plague Margin, a great stroke. It was the judgment of disastrous war, as shown in 2Ch 21:16-17.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ch 21:14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
Ver. 14. Smite thy people. ] Because too flexible to thy will.
And thy children
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. .
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in verses: 2Ch 21:14-15.
children = sons.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
plague: Heb. stroke, Lev 26:21
thy people: Many of the people had concurred in Jehoram’s idolatry, and some of them must have been instruments in his base, unnatural murders; they were therefore joined in his punishment, and he suffered by the loss of his subjects. Hos 5:11, Mic 6:16
thy children: Exo 20:5
Reciprocal: 2Ki 1:2 – was sick
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 21:14. Behold, with a great plague, &c. There was no calamity that could be thought of which did not befall this wicked prince: whose kingdom was destroyed and depopulated by the fiercest nations; his treasures ransacked; his wives carried into captivity; his children slain; and he himself laboured under a sore disease for two years; and when he was dead, had not the honour of royal sepulchre, such as his ancestors had. All which calamities were threatened in the writing sent him, that he might not think they came by chance, but by the special direction of Almighty God, as a punishment for his wickedness. But why should his people suffer, who are here threatened to be plagued? 1st, Because their base fear made them comply with him in his idolatry: and, 2d, Because he suffered in his peoples destruction: for as the honour, and safety, and strength of a king lie in the multitude and prosperity of his people; so when they are diminished, and destroyed, the king is very much weakened and endangered by it. And thy children, and thy wives Whose lives shall go for the lives of thy brethren.