Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Chronicles 21:3

3 And their father gave them great gi[illegible: 1+ letters]ts o[illegible: 1+ letters] silver and of gold, and of precious things, with [illegible: 1+ letters]enced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the first-born .

Whom he conceived that he ought to prefer by vertue of that Law of God, Deut. 21. 15. though otherwise he would not have done it, having probably ere this time perceived his perve[illegible: 1+ letters]se and wicked Inclinations, and how much he was swayed by his Idolatrous Wi[illegible: 1+ letters]e. Now he saw his Errour when it was too late.