1 Kings 22:43

_AND HE WALKED IN ALL THE WAYS OF ASA HIS FATHER; HE TURNED NOT ASIDE FROM IT, DOING THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD: NEVERTHELESS THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY; FOR THE PEOPLE OFFERED AND BURNT INCENSE YET IN THE HIGH PLACES._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

41-50 Jehoshaphat's reign appears to have been one of the best, both as to piety and prosperity. He pleased God, and God blessed him....

Verse 43. _THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY_] In 2 Chronicles 17:6, it is expressly said, that he _did take away the high places_. Allowing that the text is right in 2 Chron., the two places may be easily reconciled. There were _two kinds_ of _high places_ in the land: 1. Those used for _idolatrous_ purposes. 2. Those that were _consecrated_ _to God_, and were used before the temple was built. The former he did take away; the latter he did not. But some think the parallel place in 2 Chronicles 17:6 is corrupted, and that, instead of ועוד הסיר _veod hesir_, "and moreover he took away," we should read, ולא הסיר _velo hesir_, "and he did NOT take away....

On the general piety of Asa, see above, 1 Kings 15:11 and references. Jehoshaphat seems to have been a still better king, for he did not, like Asa, fall away in his old age 2 Chronicles 16:2. THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY - This seems to contradict 2 Chronicles 17:6. Probably the writer of Chronicles refers to the desire and intention of the monarch, while the author of Kings records the practical failure of his efforts....

EXPOSITION THE EXPEDITION OF AHAB AND JEHOSHAPHAT AGAINST HRAMOTH-GILEAD. THE DEATH OF AHAB. THE REIGNS OF JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAZIAH. 1 KINGS 22:1 AND THEY CONTINUED [rather, _rested_._ _Heb. _sate_, _dwelt_._ _Cf. Judges 5:17. The LXX. has ἐκάθισε, sing.] THREE YEARS WITHOUT WAR [The Hebrew explains the "rested"—_there was not war, _etc. See Ewald, 286 g

AND HE WALKED IN ALL THE WAYS OF ASA HIS FATHER,.... Who was a good prince: HE TURNED NOT ASIDE FROM DOING THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD; in his moral conversation, religious worship, and civil government: NEVERTHELESS, THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY, FOR THE PEOPLE OFFERED AND BURNT INCENSE YET IN THE HIGH PLACES; he took away the high places and groves for idolatrous worship, 2 Chronicles 17:6, but not the high places in which sacrifices were offered to the Lord, which ought to have been, especially since the temple was built; and those in the tribes of Judah and Benjamin were altogether inexcusable, being near to the temple, and under no restraint, as those of the ten tribes were; but the people were fond of them, because of their antiquity, and it was difficult for religious princes to remove them, if inclined....

CHAPTER 22 THE DEATH OF AHAB _ 1. Jehoshaphat and Ahab (1 Kings 22:1)_ 2. The prophet Micaiah (1 Kings 22:13) 3. The battle and Ahab's death (1 Kings 22:29) 4. Jehoshaphat of Judah (1 Kings 22:41; 1 Kings 2 Chron. 19-20) 5. Ahaziah, King of Israel (1 Kings 22:51) Three years passed without war between Syria and Israel. In the third year Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to Ahab. Jehoshaphat's son and heir-apparent ha

REIGNS OF JEHOSHAPHAT OF JUDAH AND AHAZIAH OF ISRAEL, These reigns are related in the usual annalistic style. 1 Kings 22:47, which says there was no king in Edom, is very obscure. It seems to imply that Jehoshaphat owned Edom, and ruled by his own nominee, but in 2 Kings 3 we read of a king of Edom. 1 Kings 22:48. On Ophir and Ezion-geber, see 1 Kings 9:26; 1 Kings 9:28. The Chronicler (2 Chronicles 20:37) says that the ships were wrecked as a punishment for Jehoshaphat's alliance with the king of Israel. The book

AND HE WALKED. The 19th _Seder_ begins here, and ends with 2 Kings 2:14. See note on p. 866. OFFERED. sacrificed. See App-43....

_nevertheless_[R.V. HOWBEIT] _the high places were not taken away_ for [om. _for_R.V.] _the people offered_[R.V. STILL SACRIFICED] _and burnt incense yet_[om. _yet_R.V.] _in the high places_. The changes get rid of the italic _for_, and put _still_instead of _yet_in its proper place in the verse. -To sacrifice" is the constant translation of the verb changed in R.V. The statement here made is no contradiction, as might at first sight appear, to 2 Chronicles 17:6, -he took away the high places and groves [R.V. THE ASHÊRIM] out of Judah." The addition of -the Ashêrim" in the latter passage shews that the writer is speaking of the high places which were devoted to the worship of Baal and Astoreth. This worship had spread from Israel into Judah, and it was this which Jehoshaphat swept away, an act which Jehu the prop