After all this, the Lord struck Jehoram with an incurable intestinal disease.
Parallel translations
- WEB After all this Yahweh struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
- KJV And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
- BSB After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
- NKJV After all this the Lord struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease.
- NASB So after all this the Lord struck him in his intestines with an incurable sickness.
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Quick answer
After these disasters, God struck Jehoram with an incurable bowel disease, just as foretold. The personal judgment came upon him.
Overview
Yahweh afflicted Jehoram with the very illness Elijah had predicted. The fulfillment underscores that no king stands above divine accountability. It demonstrates the certainty of God's word, whether in promise or in judgment.
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Cross-references · 3
- 2 Chr 21:15and you will have great sickness with a disease of your bowels, until your bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day by day.’”
- Acts 12:23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- 2 Kgs 9:29In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
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