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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 19:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| 2Ch 19:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And Jehoshaphat [03092] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] returned [07725] to his house [01004] in peace [07965] to Jerusalem [03389]. |
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King James |
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
JEHOSHAPHAT VISITS HIS KINGDOM. (Ch2 19:1-4)
Jehoshaphat . . . returned to his house in peace--(See Ch2 18:16). Not long after he had resumed the ordinary functions of royalty in Jerusalem, he was one day disturbed by an unexpected and ominous visit from a prophet of the Lord [Ch2 19:2]. This was Jehu, of whose father we read in Ch2 16:7. He himself had been called to discharge the prophetic office in Israel. But probably for his bold rebuke to Baasha (Kg1 16:1), he had been driven by that arbitrary monarch within the territory of Judah, where we now find him with the privileged license of his order, taking the same religious supervision of Jehoshaphat's proceedings as he had formerly done of Baasha's. At the interview here described, he condemned, in the strongest terms, the king of Judah's imprudent and incongruous league with Ahab--God's open enemy (Kg1 22:2) --as an unholy alliance that would be conducive neither to the honor and comfort of his house nor to the best interests of his kingdom. He apprised Jehoshaphat that, on account of that grave offense, "wrath was upon him from before the Lord," a judgment that was inflicted soon after (see on 2Ch. 20:1-37). The prophet's rebuke, however, was administered in a mingled strain of severity and mildness; for he interposed "a nevertheless" (Ch2 19:3), which implied that the threatened storm would be averted, in token of the divine approval of his public efforts for the promotion of the true religion, as well as of the sincere piety of his personal character and life. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Jehoshaphat ... returned to his house in peace - With the battle of Ramoth-Gilead, and the death of Ahab, the war came to an end. The combined attack of the two kings having failed, their troops had been withdrawn, and the enterprise in which they had joined relinquished. The Syrians, satisfied with their victory, did not press on the retreating foe, or carry the war into their enemies' country. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The prophet Jehu's declaration as to Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab, and Jehoshaphat's further efforts to promote the fear of God and the administration of justice in Judah. - Ch2 19:1-3. Jehu's declaration. Jehoshaphat returned from the war in which Ahab had lost his life, בּשׁלום, i.e., safe, uninjured, to his house in Jerusalem; so that the promise of Micah in Ch2 18:16 was fulfilled also as regards him. But on his return, the seer Jehu, the son of Hanani, who had been thrown into the stocks by Asa (Ch2 16:7.), met him with the reproving word, "Should one help the wicked, and lovest thou the haters of Jahve!" (the inf. with ל, as in Ch1 5:1; Ch1 9:25, etc.). Of these sins Jehoshaphat had been guilty. "And therefore is anger from Jahve upon thee" (על קצף as in Ch1 27:24). Jehoshaphat had already had experience of this wrath, when in the battle of Ramoth the enemy pressed upon him (Ch2 18:31), and was at a later time to have still further experience of it, partly during his own life, when the enemy invaded his land (2 Chron 20), and when he attempted to re-establish the sea trade with Ophir (Ch2 20:35.), partly after his death in his family (2 Chron 21 and Ch2 22:1-12). "But," continues Jehu, to console him, "yet there are good things found in thee (cf. Ch2 12:12), for thou hast destroyed the Asheroth..." אשׁרות = אשׁרים, Ch2 17:6. On these last words, comp. Ch2 12:14 and Ch2 17:4. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Returned to his house in peace - That is, in safety, notwithstanding he had been exposed to a danger so imminent, from which only the especial mercy of God could have saved him. |
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].
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].
1 Then the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came to Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607] against Baasha [01201], saying [0559],
7 And at that time [06256] Hanani [02607] the seer [07200] came [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and said [0559] unto him, Because thou hast relied [08172] on the king [04428] of Syria [0758], and not relied [08172] on the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], therefore is the host [02428] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758] escaped [04422] out of thine hand [03027].
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].
16 Then he said [0559], I did see [07200] all Israel [03478] scattered [06327] upon the mountains [02022], as sheep [06629] that have no shepherd [07462]: and the LORD [03068] said [0559], These have no master [0113]; let them return [07725] therefore every man [0376] to his house [01004] in peace [07965].
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].
4 But sought [01875] to the LORD God [0430] of his father [01], and walked [01980] in his commandments [04687], and not after the doings [04639] of Israel [03478].
14 And he did [06213] evil [07451], because he prepared [03559] not his heart [03820] to seek [01875] the LORD [03068].
6 And his heart [03820] was lifted up [01361] in the ways [01870] of the LORD [03068]: moreover he took away [05493] the high places [01116] and groves [0842] out of Judah [03063].
12 And when he humbled [03665] himself, the wrath [0639] of the LORD [03068] turned [07725] from him, that he would not destroy [07843] him altogether [03617]: and also in Judah [03063] things [01697] went well [02896].
1 And the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] made [04427] Ahaziah [0274] his youngest [06996] son [01121] king [04427] in his stead: for the band of men [01416] that came [0935] with the Arabians [06163] to the camp [04264] had slain [02026] all the eldest [07223]. So Ahaziah [0274] the son [01121] of Jehoram [03088] king [04428] of Judah [03063] reigned [04427].
2 Forty [0705] and two [08147] years [08141] old [01121] was Ahaziah [0274] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] one [0259] year [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. His mother's [0517] name [08034] also was Athaliah [06271] the daughter [01323] of Omri [06018].
3 He also walked [01980] in the ways [01870] of the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: for his mother [0517] was his counsellor [03289] to do wickedly [07561].
4 Wherefore he did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068] like the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: for they were his counsellors [03289] after [0310] the death [04194] of his father [01] to his destruction [04889].
5 He walked [01980] also after their counsel [06098], and went [03212] with Jehoram [03088] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478] to war [04421] against Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758] at Ramothgilead [07433] [01568]: and the Syrians [07421] smote [05221] Joram [03141].
6 And he returned [07725] to be healed [07495] in Jezreel [03157] because of the wounds [04347] which were given [05221] him at Ramah [07414], when he fought [03898] with Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758]. And Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Jehoram [03088] king [04428] of Judah [03063] went down [03381] to see [07200] Jehoram [03088] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] at Jezreel [03157], because he was sick [02470].
7 And the destruction [08395] of Ahaziah [0274] was of God [0430] by coming [0935] to Joram [03141]: for when he was come [0935], he went out [03318] with Jehoram [03088] against Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Nimshi [05250], whom the LORD [03068] had anointed [04886] to cut off [03772] the house [01004] of Ahab [0256].
8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu [03058] was executing judgment [08199] upon the house [01004] of Ahab [0256], and found [04672] the princes [08269] of Judah [03063], and the sons [01121] of the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274], that ministered [08334] to Ahaziah [0274], he slew [02026] them.
9 And he sought [01245] Ahaziah [0274]: and they caught [03920] him, (for he was hid [02244] in Samaria [08111],) and brought [0935] him to Jehu [03058]: and when they had slain [04191] him, they buried [06912] him: Because, said [0559] they, he is the son [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092], who sought [01875] the LORD [03068] with all his heart [03824]. So the house [01004] of Ahaziah [0274] had no power [03581] to keep [06113] still the kingdom [04467].
10 But when Athaliah [06271] the mother [0517] of Ahaziah [0274] saw [07200] that her son [01121] was dead [04191], she arose [06965] and destroyed [01696] all the seed [02233] royal [04467] of the house [01004] of Judah [03063].
11 But Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of the king [04428], took [03947] Joash [03101] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274], and stole [01589] him from among [08432] the king's [04428] sons [01121] that were slain [04191], and put [05414] him and his nurse [03243] in a bedchamber [02315] [04296]. So Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of king [04428] Jehoram [03088], the wife [0802] of Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], (for she was the sister [0269] of Ahaziah [0274],) hid [05641] him from [06440] Athaliah [06271], so that she slew [04191] him not.
12 And he was with them hid [02244] in the house [01004] of God [0430] six [08337] years [08141]: and Athaliah [06271] reigned [04427] over the land [0776].
35 And after [0310] this did Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063] join [02266] himself with Ahaziah [0274] king [04428] of Israel [03478], who did [06213] very wickedly [07561]:
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 Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] began [02490] to number [04487], but he finished [03615] not, because there fell wrath [07110] for it [02063] against Israel [03478]; neither was the number [04557] put [05927] in the account [04557] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of king [04428] David [01732].
25 And their brethren [0251], which were in their villages [02691], were to come [0935] after seven [07651] days [03117] from time [06256] to time [06256] with them.
1 Now the sons [01121] of Reuben [07205] the firstborn [01060] of Israel [03478], (for he was the firstborn [01060]; but, forasmuch as he defiled [02490] his father's [01] bed [03326], his birthright [01062] was given [05414] unto the sons [01121] of Joseph [03130] the son [01121] of Israel [03478]: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned [03187] after the birthright [01062].
7 And at that time [06256] Hanani [02607] the seer [07200] came [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and said [0559] unto him, Because thou hast relied [08172] on the king [04428] of Syria [0758], and not relied [08172] on the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], therefore is the host [02428] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758] escaped [04422] out of thine hand [03027].
16 Then he said [0559], I did see [07200] all Israel [03478] scattered [06327] upon the mountains [02022], as sheep [06629] that have no shepherd [07462]: and the LORD [03068] said [0559], These have no master [0113]; let them return [07725] therefore every man [0376] to his house [01004] in peace [07965].
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].