2 Chronicles 21:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

2 Chronicles 21:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 17:3-4
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; …
2 Chronicles 14:2-5
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: …
2 Kings 2:1
And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
Jeremiah 36:23
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
1 Kings 15:11
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-20)

Here we have, I. A warning from God sent to Jehoram by a writing from Elijah the prophet. By this it appears that Jehoram came to the throne, and showed himself what he was before Elijah’s translation. It is true we find Elisha attending Jehoshaphat, and described as pouring water on the hands of Elijah, after the story of Elijah’s translation (2 Kgs. 3:11); but that might be, and that description…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12-15. there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet--That prophet’s translation having taken place in the reign of Jehoshaphat [2Ki 2:11, 12], we must conclude that the name of Elijah has, by the error of a transcriber, been put for that of Elisha.