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).... [ Continue Reading ]
FENCED. fortified. ASA... HAD TAKEN (2 Chronicles 15:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. WAS WITH. Thus approving his strengthening himself against idolaters and idolatry. THE FIRST WAYS: i.e. David's earlier ways were of faith.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. ISRAEL. The worship of the calves, and Baal.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROUGHT... PRESENTS. In token of subjection and loyalty at beginning of reign (1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 10:25).... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFTED UP. encouraged. HE TOOK AWAY. But "the people" failed in their part (2 Chronicles 20:33; 1 Kings 22:43). Jehoshaphat did his by _commanding_ that they should be taken away; not, of course, doing this with his own hands. Compare 2 Chronicles 19:3. GROVES. Hebrew the _'Asherim_. See notes on... [ Continue Reading ]
PRINCES. These organized the Levites and priests (2 Chronicles 17:8) into. teaching mission. The first so recorded. TO TEACH. This was the special function of the priests. See notes on Deuteronomy 17:9; Deuteronomy 33:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BOOK OF THE LAW. See note on Exodus 17:14, and App-47. WENT ABOUT (2 Kings 23:2.Nehemiah 8:3; Nehemiah 8:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR. dread. FELL. came, or was.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAD MUCH BUSINESS. was busily engaged. AND THE MEN OF. Hebrew, plural _'enosh._ App-14. MIGHTY MEN. Hebrew. _gibbor._... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND. So far from these numbers being exaggerated, they are. token of Jehovah's prospering grace. Jehoshaphat could muster 1,600,000; David, 1,300, 000.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEXT TO HIM. under his direction. Hebrew "at his hand" (1 Chronicles 25:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH BOW AND SHIELD. Figure of speech _Zeugma_ (App-6), by which the second verb is omitted. If we supply the first, the second follows: "[armed] with bow and [using] shield".... [ Continue Reading ]
THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAH. Compare 2 Chronicles 17:2.... [ Continue Reading ]