2 Chronicles 21:20

18 After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.

19 This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
KJV
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
WEB
He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He departed with no one’s regret. They buried him in David’s city, but not in the tombs of the kings.
ASV
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
DARBY
He 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.
BLB
He was a son of thirty-two in his reigning, and eight years he reigned in Jerusalem, and he departed without desire, and they buried him in the City of David and not in the tombs of the kings.
ÅB
Han var to og tretti år gammel da han ble konge, og regjerte åtte år i Jerusalem. Han gikk bort, og ingen savnet ham, og de begravde ham i Davids stad, men ikke i konge gravene.
[^1]: d.e. til avgudsdyrkelse.
[^2]: d.s.s. Akasja; 2KR 22, 1.
OTB
Han var trettito år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i Jerusalem i åtte år; og han gikk bort uten noen sorg. Og de begravde ham i Davids by, men ikke i kongenes graver.
B1930
Han var to og tretti år gammel da han blev konge, og regjerte åtte år i Jerusalem. Han gikk bort, og ingen savnet ham, og de begravde ham i Davids stad, men ikke i konge gravene.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 22:18

    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:25

    And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:27

    And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

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  • Jeremiah 22:28

    Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

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  • Proverbs 10:7

    The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

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  • 2 Chronicles 23:21

    and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword.

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