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                        Verse 2 Chronicles 18:20. _THEN THERE CAME OUT A SPIRIT_] The
_Targum_ gives a strange gloss here: "Then the spirit of Naboth of
Jezreel came out from the abode of the righteous, and stood before the... 
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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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                        SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... 
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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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                        THEN THERE CAME OUT A SPIRIT. — Rather, _And the spirit came forth._
LXX., καὶ ἐξῆλθεν τὸ πνεῦμα_.
_... 
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                        וַ יֵּצֵ֣א הָ ר֗וּחַ וַֽ יַּעֲמֹד֙ לִ 
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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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                        _Said. See 3 K. xxii. The Rabbins pretend that the spirit of Naboth
came forth. But it was satan, or an evil spirit. T._... 
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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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                        Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I
will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
Ver. 20. _And there came out a spirit._] The Rabbis fable that this
was Na... 
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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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                        Then there came out a spirit, as in the case of Job, Job 1:6, AND
STOOD BEFORE THE LORD AND SAID, I WILL ENTICE HIM. AND THE LORD SAID
UNTO HIM, WHEREWITH?... 
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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 18:20 spirit H7307 forward H3318 (H8799) stood H5975
(H8799) before H6440 LORD H3068 said H559 
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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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                        _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 18:15 Ahab’s insistence on
hearing what Micaiah has really received from Yahweh is answered with
a report of two visions. The first concerns the outcome of the battle... 
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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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                        2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Job 1:6; Job 2:1...