2 Chronicles 21:16

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The Lord stirred up the Philistines and the Arabians who lived near the Cushites against Jehoram.

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  • 2 Chr 17:11 : 11 The Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and silver as tribute, and the Arabians brought him flocks—7,700 rams and 7,700 goats.
  • 2 Chr 22:1 : 1 The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the raiders who had come with the Arabs into the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king.
  • 1 Kgs 11:14 : 14 Then the LORD raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
  • 1 Kgs 11:23 : 23 God raised up another adversary against Solomon—Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master Hadadezer, the king of Zobah.
  • 2 Chr 33:11 : 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
  • Ezra 1:1 : 1 In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia. He made a proclamation throughout his kingdom and put it in writing, saying:
  • Ezra 1:5 : 5 Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—rose to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
  • Isa 10:5-6 : 5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger, in whose hands is the staff of My indignation! 6 I send him against a godless nation; I dispatch him against a people at My wrath, to seize plunder, to take spoil, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
  • Isa 45:5-7 : 5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you do not acknowledge me. 6 So that from the rising of the sun to its setting, people may know there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no other. 7 I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has done it?
  • 1 Sam 26:19 : 19 Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD, because they have driven me out today to prevent me from having a share in the LORD's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'
  • 2 Sam 24:1 : 1 Again the Lord's anger burned against Israel, and He incited David against them, saying, "Go, count the people of Israel and Judah."
  • 1 Kgs 11:11 : 11 So the LORD said to Solomon, 'Since this is your attitude and you have not kept My covenant and decrees, which I commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.'
  • 2 Chr 26:7 : 7 God helped him against the Philistines, the Arabs who lived in Gur-Baal, and the Meunites.

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  • 2 Chr 21:17-18
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    17They attacked Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king's palace, along with his sons and wives. The only son left to him was Jehoahaz, his youngest son.

    18After all these events, the Lord afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease in his intestines.

  • 2 Chr 21:14-15
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    14So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a devastating plague.

    15You yourself will suffer painful illnesses of your intestines until your intestines come out day by day because of the disease.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
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    1The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the raiders who had come with the Arabs into the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king.

  • 2 Chr 21:9-10
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    9Jehoram went out with his commanders and all his chariots. He rose during the night and struck down the Edomites who had surrounded him and their chariot commanders.

    10From that time to the present day, Edom has been in rebellion against Judah's authority. At that same time, Libnah also rebelled because Jehoram had abandoned the Lord, the God of his ancestors.

  • 2 Chr 14:12-13
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    12Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell until there was no one left alive, for they were crushed before the Lord and His army. They carried off a very large amount of plunder.

    13They struck down all the cities around Gerar because the terror of the Lord had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, for there was a great amount of loot in them.

  • 2 Chr 22:5-7
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    5Following their counsel, he went with Jehoram son of Ahab, king of Israel, to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-Gilead, where the Arameans wounded Jehoram.

    6Jehoram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received at Ramoth while fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. Then Azariah (also called Ahaziah), son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to visit Jehoram, son of Ahab, in Jezreel because he was wounded.

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  • 2 Chr 16:8
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    8Were not the Cushites and the Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.

  • Jer 46:9
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    9Charge, you horses! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the warriors march out—Cush and Put, wielding shields, and the Ludim, skilled in using the bow.

  • Jer 25:21
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    21Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon.

  • 2 Kgs 24:2
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    2The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites. He sent them to destroy Judah, fulfilling the word of the LORD spoken through His servants, the prophets.

  • 2 Chr 21:4
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    4When Jehoram established his reign over his father's kingdom, he strengthened his position by killing all his brothers with the sword, as well as some of the leaders of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 9:21
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  • Isa 10:26
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  • 2 Kgs 8:21
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    6So King Jehoram left Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.

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  • 2 Kgs 8:28-29
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    28Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram in the battle.

    29Then King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah in his battle against Hazael king of Aram. Ahaziah son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab because he was wounded.

  • 1 Kgs 22:32
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    32When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, 'Surely this is the king of Israel.' So they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat cried out for help.

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    14So Jehu, son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-Gilead against Hazael king of Aram.

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    1After this, the Moabites, the Ammonites, and some of the Ammonites joined forces and came to wage war against Jehoshaphat.

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    3Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east would come up and attack them.

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    57before your own wickedness was exposed, like the time you were taunted by the daughters of Aram and all her neighbors, and by the daughters of the Philistines, who looked down on you from every side.