2-Kings - 8:23



23 The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 8:23.

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But the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?
And the rest of the matters of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the words of Jehoram, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

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Are they not written in the book of the chronicles - Several remarkable particulars relative to Joram may be found in 2 Chron. 21.

And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Not in the canonical book of Chronicles, though some of his acts are recorded there, see 2-Chronicles 21:1 but in the annals of the kings of Judah, written by persons appointed for that purpose.

According to 2-Chronicles 21:18., Joram died of a terrible disease, in which his bowels fell out, and was buried in the city of David, though not in the family sepulchre of the kings.
(Note: "The building of Carthage, Dido, her husband Sichaeus, her brother Pygmalion king of Tyre (scelere ante alios immanior omnes), all coincide with the reign of Joram. This synchronism of the history of Tyre is not without significance here. The Tyrian, Israelitish, and Judaean histories are closely connected at this time. Jezebel, a Tyrian princess, was Ahab's wife, and again her daughter Athaliah was the wife of Joram, and after his death the murderess of the heirs of the kingdom, and sole occupant of the throne. Tyre, through these marriages, introduced its own spirit and great calamity into both the Israelitish kingdoms." - J. D. Michaelis on 2-Kings 8:24.)

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