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12 Jehoram[a] received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You[b] have not followed in the footsteps[c] of your father Jehoshaphat and of[d] King Asa of Judah,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 21:12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
  2. 2 Chronicles 21:12 tn Heb “Because you…” In the Hebrew text this lengthy sentence is completed in vv. 14-15. Because of its length and complexity (and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences), the translation has divided it up into several English sentences.
  3. 2 Chronicles 21:12 tn Heb “walked in the ways.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 21:12 tn Heb “in the ways of.”

12 Jehoram received a letter from Elijah(A) the prophet, which said:

“This is what the Lord, the God of your father(B) David, says: ‘You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa(C) king of Judah.

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12 And 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,

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