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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 19:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| 2Ch 19:2 |
Strong Concordance |
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]. |
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King James |
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Jehu ... went out to meet him - Compare Ch2 15:2. The monarch was therefore rebuked at the earliest possible moment, and in the most effective way, as he was entering his capital at the head of his returning army. Jehu, 35 years previously, had worked in the northern kingdom, and prophesied against Baasha Kg1 16:1-7, but had now come to Jerusalem, as prophet and historian (compare Ch2 20:34).
Shouldest thou help ... - As a matter of mere human policy, the conduct of Jehoshaphat in joining Ahab against the Syrians was not only justifiable but wise and prudent. And the reasonings upon which such a policy was founded would have been unexceptionable but for one circumstance. Ahab was an idolater, and had introduced into his kingdom a false religion of a new and most degraded type. This should have led Jehoshaphat to reject his alliance. Military success could only come from the blessing and protection of Yahweh, which such an alliance, if persisted in, was sure to forfeit. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Therefore - Therefore God will chastise thee for this miscarriage. Which he did partly by stirring up the Moabites, and others to invade him, Ch2 20:1, partly by permitting his eldest son Jehoram to kill all his brethren, Ch2 21:4, and principally by bringing that almost general destruction upon his grand - children by Jehu, Kg2 9:27, Kg2 10:13-14, which was the fruit of his alliance with Ahab. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Jehu the son of Hanani - We have met with this prophet before; see the note on Kg1 16:7.
Therefore is wrath upon thee - That is, Thou deservest to be punished. And who can doubt this, who knows that he did help the ungodly, and did love them that hated Jehovah? And is not the wrath of God upon all those alliances which his people form with the ungodly, whether they be social, matrimonial, commercial, or political? |
34 Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jehoshaphat [03092], first [07223] and last [0314], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [01697] of Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607], who is mentioned [05927] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].
1 Then the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came to Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607] against Baasha [01201], saying [0559],
2 Forasmuch as I exalted [07311] thee out of the dust [06083], and made [05414] thee prince [05057] over my people [05971] Israel [03478]; and thou hast walked [03212] in the way [01870] of Jeroboam [03379], and hast made my people [05971] Israel [03478] to sin [02398], to provoke me to anger [03707] with their sins [02403];
3 Behold, I will take away [01197] the posterity [0310] of Baasha [01201], and the posterity [0310] of his house [01004]; and will make [05414] thy house [01004] like the house [01004] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028].
4 Him that dieth [04191] of Baasha [01201] in the city [05892] shall the dogs [03611] eat [0398]; and him that dieth [04191] of his in the fields [07704] shall the fowls [05775] of the air [08064] eat [0398].
5 Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Baasha [01201], and what he did [06213], and his might [01369], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
6 So Baasha [01201] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and was buried [06912] in Tirzah [08656]: and Elah [0425] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
7 And also by the hand [03027] of the prophet [05030] Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607] came the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] against Baasha [01201], and against his house [01004], even for all the evil [07451] that he did [06213] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], in provoking him to anger [03707] with the work [04639] of his hands [03027], in being like the house [01004] of Jeroboam [03379]; and because he killed [05221] him.
2 And he went out [03318] to meet [06440] Asa [0609], and said [0559] unto him, Hear [08085] ye me, Asa [0609], and all Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144]; The LORD [03068] is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek [01875] him, he will be found [04672] of you; but if ye forsake [05800] him, he will forsake [05800] you.
13 Jehu [03058] met [04672] with the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and said [0559], Who are ye? And they answered [0559], We are the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274]; and we go down [03381] to salute [07965] the children [01121] of the king [04428] and the children [01121] of the queen [01377].
14 And he said [0559], Take [08610] them alive [02416]. And they took [08610] them alive [02416], and slew [07819] them at the pit [0953] of the shearing house [01044], even two [08147] and forty [0705] men [0376]; neither left [07604] he any [0376] of them.
27 But when Ahaziah [0274] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] saw [07200] this, he fled [05127] by the way [01870] of the garden [01588] house [01004]. And Jehu [03058] followed [07291] after [0310] him, and said [0559], Smite [05221] him also in the chariot [04818]. And they did so at the going up [04608] to Gur [01483], which is by Ibleam [02991]. And he fled [05127] to Megiddo [04023], and died [04191] there.
4 Now when Jehoram [03088] was risen up [06965] to the kingdom [04467] of his father [01], he strengthened [02388] himself, and slew [02026] all his brethren [0251] with the sword [02719], and divers also of the princes [08269] of Israel [03478].
1 It came to pass after this [0310] also, that the children [01121] of Moab [04124], and the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and with them other beside the Ammonites [05984], came [0935] against Jehoshaphat [03092] to battle [04421].
7 And also by the hand [03027] of the prophet [05030] Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607] came the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] against Baasha [01201], and against his house [01004], even for all the evil [07451] that he did [06213] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], in provoking him to anger [03707] with the work [04639] of his hands [03027], in being like the house [01004] of Jeroboam [03379]; and because he killed [05221] him.