by disease: This is supposed to have been a violent dysentery, a disease which is often attended with symptoms similar to those described in the text; by the same death perished Antiochus Ephiphenes, and Herod Agrippa. 2Ch 21:18, 2Ch 21:19, Num 5:27, Deu 28:61, Act 12:23 thy bowels fall: Psa 109:18, Act 1:18 the sickness: 2Ch 21:18, Deu 28:27, Deu 28:37, Deu 28:59, Deu 28:67 Reciprocal: Num 5:21 - rot 2Ki 1:2 - was sick Zec 14:12 - Their flesh Rev 16:2 - a noisome