דברי הימים ב, פרק כ״א, פסוק ט״ו

A devastating prophecy foretells a harsh and agonizing physical punishment. The targeted individual is warned that he will be struck by multiple sicknesses, culminating in a severe intestinal disease. This affliction will not merely cause pain; it will worsen to such an extreme degree that his intestines will literally spill out from the sheer force of the illness.

The duration of this agony is understood in two distinct ways. One perspective views it as a continuous, daily torment stretching over a long period, where the sickness strikes with fresh intensity every single day [מצודת דוד, ביאור שטיינזלץ]. Another approach understands the timeframe as a precise period of exactly two years. Because biblical language sometimes uses the concept of days to represent a full year, the duration is seen as one complete year compounded by a second full year of suffering [רלב״ג, ביאור שטיינזלץ].