Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 21:5

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 21:5

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 21:5

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem." — 2 Chronicles 21:5 (ASV)

JEHORAM’S IDOLATRY. THE REVOLT OF EDOM AND LIBNAH (2 Chronicles 21:5–11).

This section is parallel with 2 Kings 8:17–22.

Jehoram was thirty and two years old.2 Kings 8:17, “he was;” because the name had just occurred in the former verse.