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2Ch 18:2	Strong Concordance	And after [07093] certain years [08141] he went down [03381] to Ahab [0256] to Samaria [08111]. And Ahab [0256] killed [02076] sheep [06629] and oxen [01241] for him in abundance [07230], and for the people [05971] that he had with him, and persuaded [05496] him to go up [05927] with him to Ramothgilead [07433] [01568].
	King James	And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAB GO AGAINST RAMOTH-GILEAD. (2Ch. 18:1-34) after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria--This is word for word, the same as 1Ki. 22:1-53. (See commentary on that chapter).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAB GO AGAINST RAMOTH-GILEAD. (2Ch. 18:1-34)

after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria--This is word for word, the same as 1Ki. 22:1-53. (See commentary on that chapter).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
After certain years - In Jehoshaphat's 17th year Kg1 22:51, not less than 8 years after the marriage (marginal reference note).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The campaign undertaken along with Ahab against the Syrians at Ramoth in Gilead, with its origin, course, and results for Ahab, is narrated in 1 Kings (in the history of Ahab) in agreement with our narrative, only the introduction to the war being different here. In Kg1 22:1-3 it is remarked, in connection with the preceding wars of Ahab with the Syrians, that after there had been no war for three years between Aram and Israel, in the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah came up to the king of Israel; and the latter, when he and his servants had determined to snatch away from the Syrians the city Ramoth in Gilead, which belonged to Israel, called upon Jehoshaphat to march with him to the war against Ramoth. In the Chronicle the more exact statement, "in the third year," which is intelligible only in connection with the earlier history of Ahab, is exchanged for the indefinite שׁנים לקץ, "at the end of years;" and mention is made of the festal entertainment which Ahab bestowed upon his guest and his train (עמּו אשׁר העם), to show the pains which Ahab took to induce King Jehoshaphat to take part in the proposed campaign. He killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, ויסיתהוּ ,ecnadn, and enticed, seduced him to go up with him to Ramoth. הסית, to incite, entice to anything (Jdg 1:14), frequently to evil; cf. Deu 13:7, etc. עלה, to advance upon a land or a city in a warlike sense. The account which follows of the preparations for the campaign by inquiring of prophets, and of the war itself, vv. 4-34, is in almost verbal agreement with 1 Kings 22:5-35. Referring to 1 Kings for the commentary on the substance of the narrative, we will here only group together briefly the divergences. Instead of 400 men who were prophets, Ch2 18:5, in Kg1 22:5 we have about 400 men. It is a statement in round numbers, founded not upon exact enumeration, but upon an approximate estimate. Instead of אהדּל אם...הנלך, Ch2 18:5, in Kings, Kg1 22:6, we have אהדּל אם...האלך, both verbs being in the same number; and so too in Ch2 18:14, where in Kings. Kg1 22:15, both verbs stand in the plural, notwithstanding that the answer which follows, והצלח עלה, is addressed to Ahab alone, not to both the kings, while in the Chronicle the answer is given in the plural to both the kings, והצליחוּ עלוּ. in Ch2 18:7, "he prophesies me nothing good, but all his days (i.e., so long as he has been a prophet) evil," the meaning is intensified by the כּל־ימיו, which is not found in Kg1 22:8. In Ch2 18:9, the ויושׁבים, which is introduced before the בּגרן, "and sitting upon the threshing-floor," is due to difference of style, for it is quite superfluous for the signification. In Ch2 18:15, the ambiguous words of Micah,' and Jahve will give into the hand of the king" (Kg1 22:15), are given in a more definite form: "and they (the enemy) shall be given into your hand." In Ch2 18:19, in the first כּכה אמר זה, the אמר after the preceding ויּאמר is not only superfluous, but improper, and has probably come into the text by a copyist's error. We should therefore read only בּכה זה, corresponding to the כּכה זה of Kg1 22:20 : "Then spake one after this manner, and the other spake after another manner." In Ch2 18:23, the indefinite אי־זה of Kg1 22:24, is elucidated by הדּרך זה אי, "is that the manner" (cf. Kg1 13:12; Kg2 3:8)., and the verb. עבר follows without the relative pronoun, as in the passages cited. In Ch2 18:30, only הרכב שׂרי of the king are mentioned, without any statement of the number, which is given in Kg1 22:31, with a backward reference to the former war (Kg1 20:24). In Ch2 18:31, after the words, "and Jehoshaphat cried out," the higher cause of Jehoshaphat's rescue is pointed out in the words, "and Jahve helped him, and God drove them from him," which are not found in Kg1 22:32; but by this religious reflection the actual course of the event is in no way altered. Bertheau's remark, therefore, that "the words disturb the clear connection of the events," is quite unwarrantable. Finally, in Ch2 18:34, מעמיד היה, he was holding his position, i.e., he held himself standing upright, the Hiph. is more expressive than the Hoph. מעמד (Kg1 22:35), since it expresses more definitely the fact that he held himself upright by his own strength. With Ahab's death, which took place in the evening at the time of the going down of the sun, the author of the Chronicle concludes his account of this war, and proceeds in Ch2 19:1-11 to narrate the further course of Jehoshaphat's reign. In Kg1 22:36-39, the return of the defeated army, and the details as to Ahab's death and burial, are recorded; but these did not fit into the plan of the Chronicle.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The campaign undertaken along with Ahab against the Syrians at Ramoth in Gilead, with its origin, course, and results for Ahab, is narrated in 1 Kings (in the history of Ahab) in agreement with our narrative, only the introduction to the war being different here. In Kg1 22:1-3 it is remarked, in connection with the preceding wars of Ahab with the Syrians, that after there had been no war for three years between Aram and Israel, in the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah came up to the king of Israel; and the latter, when he and his servants had determined to snatch away from the Syrians the city Ramoth in Gilead, which belonged to Israel, called upon Jehoshaphat to march with him to the war against Ramoth. In the Chronicle the more exact statement, "in the third year," which is intelligible only in connection with the earlier history of Ahab, is exchanged for the indefinite שׁנים לקץ, "at the end of years;" and mention is made of the festal entertainment which Ahab bestowed upon his guest and his train (עמּו אשׁר העם), to show the pains which Ahab took to induce King Jehoshaphat to take part in the proposed campaign. He killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, ויסיתהוּ ,ecnadn, and enticed, seduced him to go up with him to Ramoth. הסית, to incite, entice to anything (Jdg 1:14), frequently to evil; cf. Deu 13:7, etc. עלה, to advance upon a land or a city in a warlike sense. The account which follows of the preparations for the campaign by inquiring of prophets, and of the war itself, vv. 4-34, is in almost verbal agreement with 1 Kings 22:5-35. Referring to 1 Kings for the commentary on the substance of the narrative, we will here only group together briefly the divergences. Instead of 400 men who were prophets, Ch2 18:5, in Kg1 22:5 we have about 400 men. It is a statement in round numbers, founded not upon exact enumeration, but upon an approximate estimate. Instead of אהדּל אם...הנלך, Ch2 18:5, in Kings, Kg1 22:6, we have אהדּל אם...האלך, both verbs being in the same number; and so too in Ch2 18:14, where in Kings. Kg1 22:15, both verbs stand in the plural, notwithstanding that the answer which follows, והצלח עלה, is addressed to Ahab alone, not to both the kings, while in the Chronicle the answer is given in the plural to both the kings, והצליחוּ עלוּ. in Ch2 18:7, "he prophesies me nothing good, but all his days (i.e., so long as he has been a prophet) evil," the meaning is intensified by the כּל־ימיו, which is not found in Kg1 22:8. In Ch2 18:9, the ויושׁבים, which is introduced before the בּגרן, "and sitting upon the threshing-floor," is due to difference of style, for it is quite superfluous for the signification. In Ch2 18:15, the ambiguous words of Micah,' and Jahve will give into the hand of the king" (Kg1 22:15), are given in a more definite form: "and they (the enemy) shall be given into your hand." In Ch2 18:19, in the first כּכה אמר זה, the אמר after the preceding ויּאמר is not only superfluous, but improper, and has probably come into the text by a copyist's error. We should therefore read only בּכה זה, corresponding to the כּכה זה of Kg1 22:20 : "Then spake one after this manner, and the other spake after another manner." In Ch2 18:23, the indefinite אי־זה of Kg1 22:24, is elucidated by הדּרך זה אי, "is that the manner" (cf. Kg1 13:12; Kg2 3:8)., and the verb. עבר follows without the relative pronoun, as in the passages cited. In Ch2 18:30, only הרכב שׂרי of the king are mentioned, without any statement of the number, which is given in Kg1 22:31, with a backward reference to the former war (Kg1 20:24). In Ch2 18:31, after the words, "and Jehoshaphat cried out," the higher cause of Jehoshaphat's rescue is pointed out in the words, "and Jahve helped him, and God drove them from him," which are not found in Kg1 22:32; but by this religious reflection the actual course of the event is in no way altered. Bertheau's remark, therefore, that "the words disturb the clear connection of the events," is quite unwarrantable. Finally, in Ch2 18:34, מעמיד היה, he was holding his position, i.e., he held himself standing upright, the Hiph. is more expressive than the Hoph. מעמד (Kg1 22:35), since it expresses more definitely the fact that he held himself upright by his own strength. With Ahab's death, which took place in the evening at the time of the going down of the sun, the author of the Chronicle concludes his account of this war, and proceeds in Ch2 19:1-11 to narrate the further course of Jehoshaphat's reign. In Kg1 22:36-39, the return of the defeated army, and the details as to Ahab's death and burial, are recorded; but these did not fit into the plan of the Chronicle.

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⁵¹ Ahaziah [0274] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] began to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111] the seventeenth [07651] [06240] year [08141] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and reigned [04427] two years [08141] over Israel [03478].

³⁶ And there went [05674] a proclamation [07440] throughout the host [04264] about the going down [0935] of the sun [08121], saying [0559], Every man [0376] to his city [05892], and every man [0376] to his own country [0776].
³⁷ So the king [04428] died [04191], and was brought [0935] to Samaria [08111]; and they buried [06912] the king [04428] in Samaria [08111].
³⁸ And one washed [07857] the chariot [07393] in the pool [01295] of Samaria [08111]; and the dogs [03611] licked up [03952] his blood [01818]; and they washed [07364] his armour [02185]; according unto the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] which he spake [01696].
³⁹ Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Ahab [0256], and all that he did [06213], and the ivory [08127] house [01004] which he made [01129], and all the cities [05892] that he built [01129], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?

¹ And Jehoshaphat [03092] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] returned [07725] to his house [01004] in peace [07965] to Jerusalem [03389].
² And Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607] the seer [02374] went out [03318] to meet [06440] him, and said [0559] to king [04428] Jehoshaphat [03092], Shouldest thou help [05826] the ungodly [07563], and love [0157] them that hate [08130] the LORD [03068]? therefore [02063] is wrath [07110] upon thee from before [06440] the LORD [03068].
³ Nevertheless [061] there are good [02896] things [01697] found [04672] in thee, in that thou hast taken away [01197] the groves [0842] out of the land [0776], and hast prepared [03559] thine heart [03824] to seek [01875] God [0430].
⁴ And Jehoshaphat [03092] dwelt [03427] at Jerusalem [03389]: and he went out [03318] again [07725] through the people [05971] from Beersheba [0884] to mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and brought them back [07725] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01].
⁵ And he set [05975] judges [08199] in the land [0776] throughout all the fenced [01219] cities [05892] of Judah [03063], city [05892] by city [05892],
⁶ And said [0559] to the judges [08199], Take heed [07200] what ye do [06213]: for ye judge [08199] not for man [0120], but for the LORD [03068], who is with you in the judgment [01697] [04941].
⁷ Wherefore now let the fear [06343] of the LORD [03068] be upon you; take heed [08104] and do [06213] it: for there is no iniquity [05766] with the LORD [03068] our God [0430], nor respect [04856] of persons [06440], nor taking [04727] of gifts [07810].
⁸ Moreover in Jerusalem [03389] did Jehoshaphat [03092] set [05975] of the Levites [03881], and of the priests [03548], and of the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of Israel [03478], for the judgment [04941] of the LORD [03068], and for controversies [07379], when they returned [07725] to Jerusalem [03389].
⁹ And he charged [06680] them, saying [0559], Thus shall ye do [06213] in the fear [03374] of the LORD [03068], faithfully [0530], and with a perfect [08003] heart [03824].
¹⁰ And what cause [07379] soever shall come [0935] to you of your brethren [0251] that dwell [03427] in their cities [05892], between blood [01818] and blood [01818], between law [08451] and commandment [04687], statutes [02706] and judgments [04941], ye shall even warn [02094] them that they trespass [0816] not against the LORD [03068], and so wrath [07110] come upon you, and upon your brethren [0251]: this [03541] do [06213], and ye shall not trespass [0816].
¹¹ And, behold, Amariah [0568] the chief [07218] priest [03548] is over you in all matters [01697] of the LORD [03068]; and Zebadiah [02069] the son [01121] of Ishmael [03458], the ruler [05057] of the house [01004] of Judah [03063], for all the king's [04428] matters [01697]: also the Levites [03881] shall be officers [07860] before [06440] you. Deal [06213] courageously [02388], and the LORD [03068] shall be with the good [02896].

³⁵ And the battle [04421] increased [05927] that day [03117]: and the king [04428] was stayed up [05975] in his chariot [04818] against [05227] the Syrians [0758], and died [04191] at even [06153]: and the blood [01818] ran out [03332] of the wound [04347] into the midst [02436] of the chariot [07393].

³⁴ And the battle [04421] increased [05927] that day [03117]: howbeit the king [04428] of Israel [03478] stayed himself up [05975] in his chariot [04818] against [05227] the Syrians [0758] until the even [06153]: and about the time [06256] of the sun [08121] going down [0935] he died [04191].

³² And it came to pass, when the captains [08269] of the chariots [07393] saw [07200] Jehoshaphat [03092], that they said [0559], Surely it is the king [04428] of Israel [03478]. And they turned aside [05493] to fight [03898] against him: and Jehoshaphat [03092] cried out [02199].

³¹ And it came to pass, when the captains [08269] of the chariots [07393] saw [07200] Jehoshaphat [03092], that they said [0559], It is the king [04428] of Israel [03478]. Therefore they compassed about [05437] him to fight [03898]: but Jehoshaphat [03092] cried out [02199], and the LORD [03068] helped [05826] him; and God [0430] moved [05496] them to depart from him.

²⁴ And do [06213] this thing [01697], Take [05493] the kings [04428] away, every man [0376] out of his place [04725], and put [07760] captains [06346] in their rooms:

³¹ But the king [04428] of Syria [0758] commanded [06680] his thirty [07970] and two [08147] captains [08269] that had rule over his chariots [07393], saying [0559], Fight [03898] neither with small [06996] nor great [01419], save only with the king [04428] of Israel [03478].

³⁰ Now the king [04428] of Syria [0758] had commanded [06680] the captains [08269] of the chariots [07393] that were with him, saying [0559], Fight [03898] ye not with small [06996] or great [01419], save only with the king [04428] of Israel [03478].

⁸ And he said [0559], Which way [01870] shall we go up [05927]? And he answered [0559], The way [01870] through the wilderness [04057] of Edom [0123].

¹² And their father [01] said [01696] unto them, What way [01870] went [01980] he? For his sons [01121] had seen [07200] what [0335] way [01870] the man [0376] of God [0430] went [01980], which came [0935] from Judah [03063].

²⁴ But Zedekiah [06667] the son [01121] of Chenaanah [03668] went near [05066], and smote [05221] Micaiah [04321] on the cheek [03895], and said [0559], Which way [0335] went [05674] the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] from me to speak [01696] unto thee?

²³ Then Zedekiah [06667] the son [01121] of Chenaanah [03668] came near [05066], and smote [05221] Micaiah [04321] upon the cheek [03895], and said [0559], Which [0335] way [01870] went [05674] the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] from me to speak [01696] unto thee?

²⁰ And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Who shall persuade [06601] Ahab [0256], that he may go up [05927] and fall [05307] at Ramothgilead [07433] [01568]? And one said [0559] on this manner [03541], and another said [0559] on that manner [03541].

¹⁹ And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Who shall entice [06601] Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that he may go up [05927] and fall [05307] at Ramothgilead [07433] [01568]? And one spake [0559] saying [0559] after this manner [03602], and another saying [0559] after that manner [03602].

¹⁵ So he came [0935] to the king [04428]. And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Micaiah [04321], shall we go [03212] against Ramothgilead [07433] [01568] to battle [04421], or shall we forbear [02308]? And he answered [0559] him, Go [05927], and prosper [06743]: for the LORD [03068] shall deliver [05414] it into the hand [03027] of the king [04428].

¹⁵ And the king [04428] said [0559] to him, How many times [06471] shall I adjure [07650] thee that thou say [01696] nothing but the truth [0571] to me in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068]?

⁹ And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] and Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063] sat [03427] either [0376] of them on his throne [03678], clothed [03847] in their robes [0899], and they sat [03427] in a void place [01637] at the entering in [06607] of the gate [08179] of Samaria [08111]; and all the prophets [05030] prophesied [05012] before [06440] them.

⁸ And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092], There is yet one [0259] man [0376], Micaiah [04321] the son [01121] of Imlah [03229], by whom we may enquire [01875] of the LORD [03068]: but I hate [08130] him; for he doth not prophesy [05012] good [02896] concerning me, but evil [07451]. And Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559], Let not the king [04428] say [0559] so.

⁷ And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092], There is yet one [0259] man [0376], by whom we may enquire [01875] of the LORD [03068]: but I hate [08130] him; for he never prophesied [05012] good [02896] unto me, but always [03117] evil [07451]: the same is Micaiah [04321] the son [01121] of Imla [03229]. And Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559], Let not the king [04428] say [0559] so.

¹⁴ And when he was come [0935] to the king [04428], the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Micaiah [04318], shall we go [03212] to Ramothgilead [07433] [01568] to battle [04421], or shall I forbear [02308]? And he said [0559], Go ye up [05927], and prosper [06743], and they shall be delivered [05414] into your hand [03027].

⁶ Then the king [04428] of Israel [03478] gathered [06908] the prophets [05030] together [06908], about four [0702] hundred [03967] men [0376], and said [0559] unto them, Shall I go [03212] against Ramothgilead [07433] [01568] to battle [04421], or shall I forbear [02308]? And they said [0559], Go up [05927]; for the Lord [0136] shall deliver [05414] it into the hand [03027] of the king [04428].

⁵ Therefore the king [04428] of Israel [03478] gathered together [06908] of prophets [05030] four [0702] hundred [03967] men [0376], and said [0559] unto them, Shall we go [03212] to Ramothgilead [07433] [01568] to battle [04421], or shall I forbear [02308]? And they said [0559], Go up [05927]; for God [0430] will deliver [05414] it into the king's [04428] hand [03027].

⁵ And Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559] unto the king [04428] of Israel [03478], Enquire [01875], I pray thee, at the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] to day [03117].

⁷ Namely, of the gods [0430] of the people [05971] which are round about [05439] you, nigh [07138] unto thee, or far off [07350] from thee, from the one end [07097] of the earth [0776] even unto the other end [07097] of the earth [0776];

¹⁴ And it came to pass, when she came [0935] to him, that she moved [05496] him to ask [07592] of her father [01] a field [07704]: and she lighted [06795] from off her ass [02543]; and Caleb [03612] said [0559] unto her, What wilt thou?

¹ And they continued [03427] three [07969] years [08141] without war [04421] between Syria [0758] and Israel [03478].
² And it came to pass in the third [07992] year [08141], that Jehoshaphat [03092] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] came down [03381] to the king [04428] of Israel [03478].
³ And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto his servants [05650], Know [03045] ye that Ramoth [07433] in Gilead [01568] is ours, and we be still [02814], and take [03947] it not out of the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758]?