Reference

2 Chronicles 21:14

Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
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,

13

But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:

14

Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

15

And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

16

Moreover the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Punishment Language
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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Destruction / Perishing Language
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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Annihilation / Destruction
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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Literal Fulfillment
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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Punishment Language

The verse describes a future action of smiting, which is a form of divine intervention, but it does not explicitly use any of the specific "punishment language" terms listed in the theme definition.

Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse describes a "plague" and "smiting," which are actions of judgment and affliction, but it does not explicitly use the words "destroy," "perish," or similar terms to describe the ultimate fate of the people or their goods.

Annihilation / Destruction

The verse speaks of a "great plague" and "smiting," which could imply suffering and punishment rather than complete cessation of existence for all individuals mentioned, especially for "goods" which are destroyed rather than annihilated.

Literal Fulfillment

While the verse uses concrete terms, the "great plague" could be interpreted metaphorically as a period of severe hardship or divine judgment rather than a literal disease outbreak.