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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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_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 RAMOTH-GI...
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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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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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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 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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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...