2 Chronicles 21:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver and of gold, and of precious things, with strong cities in Judah, but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram: for he was the eldest.
4 (A)And Jehoram rose up upon the kingdom of his father, and made himself strong, and [a]slew all his brethren with the sword, and also of the princes of [b]Israel.
5 Jehoram was two and thirty years old, when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 21:4 Because the wicked live ever in fear, and also are ambitious, they become cruel, and spare not to murder them, whom by nature they ought most to cherish and defend.
- 2 Chronicles 21:4 Meaning, of Judah and Benjamin.
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