THEOSIS2 Chronicles 21:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel.
וַיָּ֨קָם יְהוֹרָ֜ם עַל־מַמְלֶ֤כַת אָבִיו֙ וַיִּתְחַזַּ֔ק וַיַּהֲרֹ֥ג אֶת־כָּל־אֶחָ֖יו בֶּחָ֑רֶב וְגַ֖ם מִשָּׂרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Judg 9:5And he came to his father's house in Ephra, and slew his brethren, the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham, the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden.
- 2 Chr 21:17And they came up into the land of Juda, and wasted it, and they carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, his sons also, and his wives: so that there was no son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest.
- Gen 4:8And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him.
- 2 Chr 22:10For Athalia his mother, seeing that her son was dead, rose up, and killed all the royal family of the house of Joram.
- Judg 9:56And God repaid the evil that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren.
- Judg 9:57The Sichemites also were rewarded for what they had done, and the curse of Joatham, the son of Jerobaal, came upon them.
- 1 John 3:12Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked: and his brother's just.
- 2 Chr 22:8So when Jehu was rooting out the house of Achab, he found the princes of Juda, and the sons of the brethren of Ochozias, who served him, and he slew them.