Elijah writing to Jehoram behind 2 Chronicles 21
A prophetic writing attributed to Elijah and sent to Jehoram in 2 Chronicles 21.
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A prophetic writing notice in the Jehoram narrative.
This article describes an entity that is not directly attested as an extant recoverable writing; it is inferred from source-citation traces and should not be read as ordinary documentation of a surviving prophetic letter.
Epistemic status
Draft article. 2 Chronicles 21 reports a writing from Elijah, but the object is not independently extant and chronology questions remain.
Summary
2 Chronicles 21 says a writing came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet and introduces its oracle content. Inferpedia treats this as a prophetic writing source surface.
What is being inferred
The inferred entity is the writing attributed to Elijah behind 2 Chronicles 21.
What is attested
The text attests a writing, Elijah attribution, and oracle-content framing.
Why infer this entity
The passage gives document medium, attribution, recipient, and content type.
Evidence ledger
- E1, 2 Chronicles 21:12: primary trace for the writing.
- E2, 2 Chronicles 21:12: primary trace for Elijah attribution.
- E3, 2 Chronicles 21:12: primary trace for oracle content.
Counterarguments
The writing may be a literary attribution within Chronicles rather than a recoverable document.
Confidence scores
Direct attestation: 58. Existence warrant: 78. Specificity: 68. Reconstruction dependence: 82. Counterevidence: 22.
What would change the score
Chronicles source criticism, treatment of Elijah chronology, or manuscript/parallel evidence would change the score.
Why this candidate exists
Codex-native Judaism category traversal selected a direct prophetic writing notice.
L3 Evidence packet
Bible (King James), 2 Chronicles 21 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: 2 Chronicles 21:12
Quote: "came a writing"
Paraphrase: The passage reports a written message arriving to Jehoram.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 86
Cluster: 2chr21-elijah-writing
Bible (King James), 2 Chronicles 21 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: 2 Chronicles 21:12
Quote: "from Elijah the prophet"
Paraphrase: The writing is attributed to Elijah.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 82
Cluster: 2chr21-elijah-writing
Bible (King James), 2 Chronicles 21 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: 2 Chronicles 21:12
Quote: "saying, Thus saith"
Paraphrase: The text frames the writing as an oracle-bearing source surface.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 78
Cluster: 2chr21-elijah-writing
Offline existing-inferon judge ledger control source - Network gap
Warrant role: Noetic interpretation
Source authority: Noetic model prior 50
Access level: No external text
Locator: existing_inferon_judge_promote:inferon:346
Paraphrase: Offline judge treated existing inferon 346 (source_dependence) as support for Elijah writing to Jehoram behind 2 Chronicles 21. Evidence strength: source-backed prior reading already isolated a bounded missing or reconstructed entity; suitable for L2 only. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1563.
Reliability: 78 - Relevance: 66
Cluster: existing_inferon_judge_promote:4e57ad117ebbd97ef2787dc8d91f7fb9
Arguments
An Elijah writing to Jehoram behind 2 Chronicles 21 is warranted as a source-backed draft entity.
Direct writing language supports a draft, but chronology and attribution remain important counterweights.