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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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PUT THIS FELLOW. One of the eleven rulers offended with God's
servants. See note on Exodus 10:28, and App-10.
BREAD OF AFFLICTION. Genitive of relation. Bread accompanied by, or
eaten in, affliction;...
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_bread of affliction … water of affliction_ Cp. Ezekiel 4:9-11....
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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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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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BREAD OF AFFLICTION, AND WITH WATER OF AFFLICTION. — In the Hebrew
the second word (_làhats_) is not a genitive but an accusative,
“bread with stint,” “water with stint.” Literally,
_squeezing._ Vulg....
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וַ אֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר הַ
מֶּ֔לֶךְ שִׂ֥י
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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 say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and
feed him with bread of (r) affliction and with water of affliction,
until I return in peace.
(r) Keep him in prison, and let him fee...
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This account is so similar, as far as it goes, to what is related in
the book of the Kings already referred to, that I do not think it
necessary to make any further observations, unless it be on that...
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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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2 Chronicles 18:2....
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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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and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed
him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, the poorest
prison-fare, UNTIL I RETURN IN PEACE, an expectation which...
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JEHOSHAPHAT CONSULTS PROPHETS...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Chronicles 18:26 say H559 (H8804) says H559 (H8804) king H4428 Put
H7760 (H8798) prison H1004...
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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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_Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah._
AHAB AND MICAIAH; OR THE FALSE AND TRUE IN CHARACTER
I. The power of the popular voice. We see the multitude accommodating
itself to the wishes of the...
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_And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee,
at the word of the Lord to-day._
DIVINE TRUTH AND ITS TYPICAL RECEPTION
Here are four types of human conduct in relation to Divin...
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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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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 18:23 ZEDEKIAH... STRUCK MICAIAH
ON THE CHEEK. Zedekiah claimed to speak in the name of Yahweh (v. 2
Chronicl
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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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This fellow, &c. — How frequently has this been the lot of faithful
ministers, to be hated and ill treated, merely for being true to God:
and just and kind to the souls of men! But that day will decla...