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Diarrhea caused by parasitic bacteria, protozoa (amoeba), or worms in contaminated food or drink. Dysentery is accompanied by intestinal spasms and ulceration, with the appearance of blood and pus in the excrement. On the island of Malta the apostle Paul miraculously cured a person of dysentery (Greek dysenteria, Acts 28:8 (RV · LV · Read together)). As the verse indicates, high fever accompanies acute dysentery, epidemics of which still plague Malta. A disease described in the OT was probably amoebic dysentery, in which intestinal tissue can be sloughed off day by day (2 Chr 21:14-19 (RV · LV · Read together)). A sporadic form of dysentery occurs when the body is able to tolerate the disruptive organism for the most part.

CH2 21:14–19: RV CH2 21:14–19 · LV CH2 21:14–19 · Read together CH2 21:14–19

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OET-RV CH2 21:14

14 So listen, now Yahweh is going to severely afflict your people, including your sons and your wives, as well as all your possessions,

OET-RV CH2 21:15

15 and you yourself will get an intestinal disease that’ll get worse every day until your innards fall out.”

OET-RV CH2 21:16

16 Then Yahweh stirred the Pelishtim up against Yehoram, as well as the Arabs who lived beside the Kushim,

OET-RV CH2 21:17

17 and they attacked Yehudah. They did a lot of damage and took away everything valuable from the king’s palace. They also took his wives and sons, other than Yehoahaz, his youngest son.

OET-RV CH2 21:18

18 After that, Yahweh caused an intestinal disease in Yehoram that couldn’t be cured,

OET-RV CH2 21:19

19 and it progressed day after day until, after two years, his intestines fell out, and he died in a lot of pain. His people didn’t make a bonfire in his honour like they’d done for his ancestors.

OET-LV CH2 21:14

14 HERE YHWH is_about _to _strike a _blow great on_people _of_your and_on_sons _of_your and_on_wives _of_your and_on/over_all property _of_your.

OET-LV CH2 21:15

15 And_you(ms) will_be_in _sickness(es) great in _(the)_sickness _of your(pl)_bowels _of_your until bowels _of_your they _will _come _out from the_sickness days to days.

OET-LV CH2 21:16

16 And_ YHWH _he _stirred _up on Yəhōrām/(Jehoram) DOM the _spirit _of the _Pəlishtiy and_the_ˊArāⱱī who were_on the _hand _of the_Kūshiy/(Cushite)s.

OET-LV CH2 21:17

17 And_they _came _up on_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_they_broke _into _it and_they _took _captive DOM all _of the_property which_was_found to_the _house _of the_king and_also sons _of_his and_wives _of_his and_not he _remained to_him/it a _son if/because (if) Yəhōʼāḩāz/(Jehoahaz) the _young_one_of his _sons _of_his.

OET-LV CH2 21:18

18 And_after all _of this he_struck _him YHWH in_bowels _of_his to_a _sickness to_there_was_not healing.

OET-LV CH2 21:19

19 And_he/it _was to_days from_days and_about_the _time _of the_end of_days two was _going _out bowels _of_his they _came _out with sickness _of_his and_he/it _died in_diseases harmful and_not they _made to_him/it people _of_his a _burning like_the _burning _of his _ancestors _of_his.

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