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 21:18-19; 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