_NOW JEHOSHAPHAT SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS, AND WAS BURIED WITH HIS
FATHERS IN THE CITY OF DAVID. AND JEHORAM HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS
STEAD._
Jehoshaphat slept with his feathers ... Jehoram ... reigned. The late
king left seven sons. Two of them are in our version named Azariah;
but in the Hebrew they... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE HAD BRETHREN THE SONS OF JEHOSHAPHAT, AZARIAH, AND JEHIEL, AND
ZECHARIAH, AND AZARIAH, AND MICHAEL, AND SHEPHATIAH: ALL THESE WERE
THE SONS OF JEHOSHAPHAT KING OF ISRAEL._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WALKED IN THE WAY OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL, LIKE AS DID THE
HOUSE OF AHAB: FOR HE HAD THE DAUGHTER OF_ _ AND HE WALKED IN THE WAY
OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL, LIKE AS DID THE HOUSE OF AHAB: FOR HE HAD THE
DAUGHTER OF AHAB TO WIFE: AND HE WROUGHT THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE
EYES OF THE LORD._
He wal... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOWBEIT THE LORD WOULD NOT DESTROY THE HOUSE OF DAVID, BECAUSE OF THE
COVENANT THAT HE HAD MADE WITH DAVID, AND AS HE PROMISED TO GIVE A
LIGHT TO HIM AND TO HIS SONS FOR EVER._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN HIS DAYS THE EDOMITES REVOLTED FROM UNDER THE DOMINION OF JUDAH,
AND MADE THEMSELVES A KING._
The Edomites revolted. That nation had been made dependent by David,
and down to the time of Jehoshaphat was governed by a tributary ruler
(1 Kings 22:47; 2 Kings 3:9). But that king having been slain... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN JEHORAM WENT FORTH WITH HIS PRINCES, AND ALL HIS CHARIOTS WITH
HIM: AND HE ROSE UP BY NIGHT, AND SMOTE THE EDOMITES WHICH COMPASSED
HIM IN, AND THE CAPTAINS OF THE CHARIOTS._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE
VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE CAME A WRITING TO HIM FROM ELIJAH THE PROPHET, SAYING, THUS
SAITH THE LORD GOD OF DAVID THY FATHER, BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT WALKED
IN THE WAYS OF JEHOSHAPHAT THY FATHER, NOR IN THE WAYS OF ASA KING OF
JUDAH,_
There came a writing to him from Elijah. There have been various
efforts made tow... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT HAST WALKED IN THE WAY OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL, AND HAST MADE
JUDAH AND THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM TO GO A WHORING, LIKE TO THE
WHOREDOMS OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB, AND ALSO HAST SLAIN THY BRETHREN OF
THY FATHER'S HOUSE, WHICH WERE BETTER THAN THYSELF:_
Hast made ... like to the whoredoms of the h... [ Continue Reading ]