2 Chronicles 21:19

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Chronicles 21:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 21:19 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 21

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
19And it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And it came to pass that in process of time, after the end of two years, etc.] So long he was afflicted and tortured with the above disease: his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness; either in like manner as Judas’s did, (<440118>Acts 1:18) or as in the manner the bowels of Arius are said to do, while sitting on the seat of the vault f78; or perhaps only what was contained in the bowels is meant, if it was the colic: so he died of sore diseases; he seems to have had a complication of them, and these very painful and distressing: and the people made no burning for him, like the burnings of his fathers; as they did for his grandfather Asa, (<141614>2 Chronicles 16:14), they did not burn…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“made no: Ch2 16:14; Jer 34:5 2 Chronicles 21:20”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“And it came to pass in days after days (i.e., when a number of days had passed), and that at the time (וּכעת( emit eh) of the expiration of the end in two days, then his bowels went out during his sickness, and he died in sore pains (תּחלאים, phenomena of disease, i.e., pains). The words שׁנים לימים הקּץ צאת וּכעת are generally translated as if שׁנים לימים were a mere periphrasis of the stat. constr. Vatabl. and Cler., for example, translate: et secundum tempus egrediendi finis annorum duorum, i.e., postquam advenit finis a. d., or cum exacti essent duo anni; similarly Berth.: "at the time of the approach of the end of two times." But against this we have not only the circumstance that no…”
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