2 Chronicles 17:1

_AND JEHOSHAPHAT HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD, AND STRENGTHENED HIMSELF AGAINST ISRAEL._ Strengthened himself against Israel. The temper and proceedings of the kings of Israel rendered it necessary for him to prepare vigorous measures of defense on the northern frontier of his kingdom, and these consisted in filling all the fortresses with their full complement of troops, and establishing military stations in various parts of the country, as well as in the cities of mount Ephraim, which belonged to Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 15:8)....

CHAPTER XVII _Jehoshaphat succeeds his father Asa, and reigns piously, and_ _is particularly blessed_, 14. _He establishes an itinerant ministry, for the instruction of_ _the people, through all the cities of Judah, which produces_ _the most beneficial effects_, 7-10. _The Philistines and Arabians bring him gifts_, 11. _His greatness_, 12, 13. _The commanders of his troops_, 14-19. NOTES ON CHAP. XVII Verse 2 Chronicles 17:1. Jehoshaphat - and strengthened himself aga

Jehoshaphat ascended the throne in the fourth year of Ahab 1 Kings 22:41, probably after that monarch had contracted his alliance with the royal family of Sidon, and before he was engaged in war with Syria. It was thus not unnatural that Jehoshaphat should begin his reign by strengthening himself against a possible attack on the part of his northern neighbor....

EXPOSITION To the contents of this chapter, and to the reign of Jehoshaphat, which occupies this and the following three chapters, the Book of Kings furnishes as yet no parallel. All that it has to say of Jehoshaphat now is summed up in one sentence (1 Kings 15:24), "And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead," till we arrive at the ten verses of 1 Kings 22:41-11, with their very slender sketch (see also 2 Kings 3:1). 2 CHRONICLES 17:1 JEHOSHAPHAT. In 2 Chronicles 2

AND JEHOSHAPHAT HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD,.... In the stead of Asa his father: AND STRENGTHENED HIMSELF AGAINST ISRAEL; the ten tribes, by fortifying his cities, building castles, raising and keeping a large standing army, as the latter part of this chapter shows, and the next verse....

2. REFORMATION UNDER JEHOSHAPHAT CHAPTER 17 Jehoshaphat's Reformation and Increase _ 1. The Lord was with Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 17:1)_ 2. The revival under his reign (2 Chronicles 17:6) 3. His increase (2 Chronicles 17:10) Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, began his reign by strengthening himself against Israel. The Lord was with him, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, which means David's faithful walk before his great sin. The Lord greatly blessed him by establishing his kingdom and in giving him riches and honor in abundance. The Lord kept all His promises. When Jehoshaphat saw the evidences of divine blessing, his heart was li

2 Chronicles 17:1 to 2 Chronicles 20:37. THE REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT. This section is, in the main, from the hand of the Chronicler, whose spirit and aim are visible throughout; he has utilised all the information concerning Jehoshaphat to be got from 1 K. viz. in 1 Kings 15:24; 1 Kings 22:1; 1 Kings 22:41 (see notes). 2 CHRONICLES 17:1 deals with Jehoshaphat's defensive measures; he is prosperous because he obeys the

AND. This chapter is supplementary to 1 Kings 22:41. STRENGTHENED HIMSELF. Without this we could not understand his subsequent alliances with the worst of Israel's kings (2Ch 18:1, 2 Chronicles 18:2; 2 Chronicles 20:35; 2 Chronicles 20:36)....

2 Chronicles 17:1-6 (cp. 1 Kings 22:41-43). The Character of Jehoshaphat's Reign 1. _strengthened himself against Israel_ Render, STRENGTHENED HIMSELF IN (over) ISRAEL; cp. 2 Chronicles 1:1; 2 Chronicles 12:13. _Israel_ See note on 2 Chronicles 11:3....

5. THE REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT (17-21:3) TEXT 2 Chronicles 17:1. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. 2. And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 3. And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim, 4. but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. 5. Therefore Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance. 6. And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah. 7. Also in the third year of his reign he sent his pri