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                        AFTER CERTAIN YEARS - In Jehoshaphat’s 17th year 1 Kings 22:51, not
less than 8 years after the marriage (marginal reference note).... 
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                        CHAPTER 18 JEHOSHAPHAT'S SINFUL ALLIANCE WITH AHAB
_ 1. The alliance with Ahab (2 Chronicles 18:1)_
2. Ahab's false prophets (2 Chronicles 18:4)
 3. Micaiah's prophecy (2 Chr 
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                        The alliance between Jehoshaphat and Ahab against Syria; their defeat.
See notes on 1 Kings 22:1; the variations are unimportant.... 
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                        AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), emphasizing the
consequent details.
AFTER CERTAIN YEARS. The third year of the peace between Ahab and
Syria (1 Kings 22:1; 1 Kings 22:2).
AND AH... 
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                        _killed sheep and oxen_ This phrase implies a _feast_, for flesh is
eaten in the East only on festal occasions. The phrase used for
supplying necessary food is _to set bread and water before one_.
_t... 
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                        AND AHAB KILLED SHEEP AND OXEN— That is, made a grand entertainment
for him and his retinue; most likely in consequence of the affinity
mentioned in the foregoing verse.... 
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                        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 citie... 
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                        18:2 killed (a-14) Or 'sacrificed,' _ zevach_ , as Deuteronomy 12:15 .... 
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                        REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT (CONTINUED)
This.c reproduces 1 Kings 22:1 with very slight differences.... 
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                        2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE 
The *Kingdom called Judah
 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 18
JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAB – 2 CHRONICLES 18:1-4
 V1 Jehoshap 
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                        AND AFTER CERTAIN YEARS. — See margin. 1 Kings 22:2 has: _“_And it
came to pass _in the third year,_ that Jehoshaphat went down,” &c.
— a date which is relative to the three years’ truce between Syria... 
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                        וַ יֵּרֶד֩ לְ קֵ֨ץ שָׁנִ֤ים אֶל
־אַחְאָב֙ 
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                        JEHOSHAPHAT-THE DOCTRINE OF NONRESISTANCE
2 Chronicles 17:1; 2 Chronicles 18:1; 2 Chronicles 19:1;... 
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                        These Chapter s contain the story of a strange lapse in the history of
Jehoshaphat, and also of his repentance and restoration. Ahab was king
in Israel, perhaps the most evil that ever sat on the thro... 
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                        And after [certain] (b) 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... 
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                        See how the alliance began to work. Jehoshaphat is enticed into a
battle. Ramoth-gilead in fact belonged to Jehoshaphat, for it was a
city in the tribe of Gad. And yet Ahab it seems meant, had he
conq... 
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                        THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 20.
Jehoshaphat, his son succeeds him, and begins his reign by walking
faithfully with God. He strengthened his kingdom against Israel, an
enemy mo... 
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                        AND AFTER CERTAIN YEARS,.... Two years, according to the Syriac and
Arabic versions, or in the third year after the affinity was
contracted, see 1 Kings 22:2,
HE WENT DOWN TO AHAB TO SAMARIA; to pay... 
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                        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
Ramo... 
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                        _A.M. 3107. B.C. 897._
Jehoshaphat joins affinity with Ahab, and consents to go with him to
Ramoth- gilead, 2 Chronicles 18:1. _The false prophets promise them
success, 2 Chronicles 18:4 href='230 11... 
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                        1 Iehoshaphat ioyned in affinitie with Ahab, is perswaded to goe with
him against Ramoth Gilead.
4 Ahab seduced by false prophets, according to the worde of Micaiah is
slaine there.
1 NOW Iehoshapha... 
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                        JEHOSHAPHAT CONSULTS PROPHETS... 
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                        And after certain years, at the end of nine years, HE WENT DOWN TO
AHAB TO SAMARIA, for a formal visit. AND AHAB KILLED SHEEP AND OXEN
FOR HIM IN ABUNDANCE AND FOR THE PEOPLE, his entire retinue of
co... 
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                        JEHOSHAPHAT'S COMPROMISES 
(vv.1-27)
Though Jehoshaphat had at first strengthened himself against Israel
(ch.1:17), his decision wavered badly after he had become strong and
wealthy. He became friend... 
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                        AFTER CERTAIN YEARS:
_ Heb._ at the end of years... 
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                        No text from Poole on this verse.... 
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                        2 Chronicles 18:2 After H7093 years H8141 down H3381 (H8799) Ahab H256
Samaria H8111 Ahab H256 killed H2076 
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                        CONTENTS: Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab. Ahab's lying prophets.
Micaiah's true prophecy. Defeat and death of Ahab.
CHARACTERS: God, Jehoshaphat, Ahab, Micaiah, Zedekiah, king of Syria,
lying spiri... 
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                        2 Chronicles 18:1. _Jehoshaphat had riches and honour._ In his, and in
the reign of other good kings, we see how righteousness aggrandizes a
country, and exalts its character.
The whole of this chapt... 
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                        2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 18:1 Like his father Asa (see 2
Chronicles 16:3), Jehoshaphat seeks an alliance with the northern
kingdom based not on righteous grounds but on po 
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                        CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter relates Jehoshaphat’s alliance with
Ahab (2 Chronicles 18:1); induced to go to Ram.-gil. (2 Chronicles
18:4); Micaiah’s adverse prediction (2 Chronicles 18:12); continued 
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                        EXPOSITION
This chapter, from its second verse, finds its parallel in 1 Kings
22:2. It opens with dangerous symptoms, recording in one sentence the
event that was to bear ill fruit, if not till "years... 
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                        Now Jehoshaphat had these riches and honor in abundance, and [for some
reason,] he joined affinity with Ahab (2 Chronicles 18:1).
Who was one of the most wicked of all the kings of the northern
tribes... 
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                        1 Kings 1:9; 1 Kings 17:7; 1 Kings 22:20; 1 Kings 22:2; 1 Kings 22:4 
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                        LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF JEHOSHAPHAT
2 Chronicles 18:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Let us learn some things about Jehoshaphat as set forth in 2
Chronicles 17:1
1. JEHOSHAPHAT WALKED IN THE FIRST WAYS OF HIS...