2 Chronicles 21:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And their father gave them much silver and gold and things of great value, as well as walled towns in Judah; but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, because he was the oldest.

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  • 2 Chr 11:23 : 23 And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.
  • Gen 25:6 : 6 But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.
  • Deut 21:15-17 : 15 If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife: 16 Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife: 17 But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.
  • 2 Chr 11:5 : 5 Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.

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  • 2 Chr 21:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Now when Jehoram had taken his place over his father's kingdom, and had made his position safe, he put all his brothers to death with the sword, as well as some of the princes of Israel.

    5Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

  • 1 Chr 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.

    2Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)

  • Deut 21:15-17
    3 verses
    70%

    15If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:

    16Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife:

    17But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.

  • 2 Chr 21:1-2
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    69%

    1And Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his place.

    2And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    69%

    1And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.

  • 2 Chr 17:5
    69%

    5So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.

  • 1 Chr 3:11
    67%

    11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

  • 2 Chr 21:17
    66%

    17And they came up against Judah, forcing a way into it, and took away all the goods in the king's house, as well as his sons and his wives; so that he had no son but only Jehoahaz, the youngest.

  • 2 Kgs 8:16
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    16In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.

  • 1 Chr 23:19
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    19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

  • 1 Chr 3:15
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    15And the sons of Josiah: the oldest Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

  • 2 Chr 17:11-13
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    11And some of the Philistines took offerings to Jehoshaphat, and made him payments of silver; and the Arabians gave him flocks, seven thousand, seven hundred sheep, and seven thousand, seven hundred he-goats.

    12Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

    13He had much property in the towns of Judah; he had forces of armed men, great and strong, in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 12:18
    66%

    18Then Jehoash, king of Judah, took all the holy things which Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had given to the Lord, together with the things he himself had given, and all the gold in the Temple store and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael, king of Aram; and he went away from Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 2:3
    66%

    3The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.

  • 1 Chr 23:11
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    11Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.

  • 2 Kgs 1:17
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    17So death came to him, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah. And Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of the rule of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; because he had no son.

  • Josh 21:10
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    10These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.

  • 2 Kgs 3:1-2
    2 verses
    65%

    1And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years.

    2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made.

  • 1 Chr 24:23
    65%

    23And the sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

  • 2 Chr 17:1-2
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    64%

    1And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel.

    2He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

  • Josh 15:20
    64%

    20This is the heritage of the tribe of Judah, by their families.

  • 2 Kgs 8:24
    64%

    24And Joram went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David: and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.

  • 1 Chr 2:25
    64%

    25And the sons of Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, were Ram, the oldest, and Bunah and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah.

  • 1 Kgs 2:15
    64%

    15And he said, You saw how the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had the idea that I would be their king; but now the kingdom is turned about, and has become my brother's, for it was given to him by the Lord.

  • Josh 21:3
    64%

    3And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-lands, by the order of the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 4:22
    63%

    22And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and went back to Beth-lehem. And the records are very old.

  • 2 Chr 21:9
    63%

    9Then Jehoram went over with his captains and all his war-carriages ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him ... on the captains of the war-carriages.

  • 1 Chr 24:7
    63%

    7Now the first name to come out was that of Jehoiarib; the second Jedaiah,

  • Matt 1:8
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    8And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah;

  • 2 Chr 24:3
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    3And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

  • 2 Chr 11:23
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    23And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

  • Matt 1:11
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    11And the sons of Josiah were Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the taking away to Babylon.

  • 2 Chr 18:1
    63%

    1Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
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    6At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.

  • 2 Chr 20:25
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    25And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their goods from them, they saw beasts in great numbers, and wealth and clothing and things of value, more than they were able to take away; all this they took for themselves, and they were three days getting it away, there was so much.

  • Num 27:10
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    10And if he has no brothers, then give his heritage to his father's brothers.

  • 1 Kgs 22:50
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    50Then Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Jehoram his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 21:13
    63%

    13But have gone in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go after false gods, as the family of Ahab did: and because you have put to death your father's sons, your brothers, who were better than yourself: