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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 21:20 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
2Ch 21:20	Strong Concordance	Thirty [07970] and two [08147] years old [01121] was he when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] in Jerusalem [03389] eight [08083] years [08141], and departed [03212] without being desired [02532]. Howbeit they buried [06912] him in the city [05892] of David [01732], but not in the sepulchres [06913] of the kings [04428].
	King James	Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Not in the sepulchres of the kings - Compare the similar treatment of Joash Ch2 24:25 and Ahaz Ch2 28:27.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Not in the sepulchres of the kings - Compare the similar treatment of Joash Ch2 24:25 and Ahaz Ch2 28:27.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The repetition of his age and the length of his reign (cf. Ch2 21:6) is accounted for by the fact that the last section of this chapter is derived from a special source, wherein these notes likewise were contained. The peculiarity of the language and the want of the current expressions of our historian also favour the idea that some special authority has been used here. "And he departed, mourned by none." Luther erroneously translates, "and walked in a way which was not right" (und wandelt das nicht fein war), after the "ambulavit non recte" of the Vulg.; for חמדּה denotes, not a good walk, but desiderium, חמדּה בּלא, sine desiderio, i.e., a nemine desideratus. הלך, to depart, i.e., die, as Gen 15:2. Moreover, though he was buried in the city of David, yet he was not laid in the graves of the kings, by which act also a judgment was pronounced upon his reign; cf. Ch2 24:25 and Ch2 26:23.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The repetition of his age and the length of his reign (cf. Ch2 21:6) is accounted for by the fact that the last section of this chapter is derived from a special source, wherein these notes likewise were contained. The peculiarity of the language and the want of the current expressions of our historian also favour the idea that some special authority has been used here. "And he departed, mourned by none." Luther erroneously translates, "and walked in a way which was not right" (und wandelt das nicht fein war), after the "ambulavit non recte" of the Vulg.; for חמדּה denotes, not a good walk, but desiderium, חמדּה בּלא, sine desiderio, i.e., a nemine desideratus. הלך, to depart, i.e., die, as Gen 15:2. Moreover, though he was buried in the city of David, yet he was not laid in the graves of the kings, by which act also a judgment was pronounced upon his reign; cf. Ch2 24:25 and Ch2 26:23.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Desired - This is an emphatical expression, because it is usual with men to desire the deaths of some persons, whom afterward they lament, and heartily wish they were alive again. But for this ungodly and unhappy prince, his people did not only in his life time wish his death, but afterwards did not repent of those desires.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Desired - This is an emphatical expression, because it is usual with men to desire the deaths of some persons, whom afterward they lament, and heartily wish they were alive again. But for this ungodly and unhappy prince, his people did not only in his life time wish his death, but afterwards did not repent of those desires.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Departed without being desired - He was hated while he lived, and neglected when he died; visibly cursed of God, and necessarily execrated by the people whom he had lived only to corrupt and oppress. No annalist is mentioned as having taken the pains to write any account of his vile life. This summary mention of him consigns him to the execration of posterity, and holds in the view of every prudent governor, the rock on which he split and wrecked the state.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Departed without being desired - He was hated while he lived, and neglected when he died; visibly cursed of God, and necessarily execrated by the people whom he had lived only to corrupt and oppress. No annalist is mentioned as having taken the pains to write any account of his vile life. This summary mention of him consigns him to the execration of posterity, and holds in the view of every prudent governor, the rock on which he split and wrecked the state.

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