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 conquered, to have united it to his kingdom.
AFTER CERTAIN YEARS - In Jehoshaphat’s 17th year 1 Kings 22:51, not less than 8 years after the marriage (marginal reference note)....
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
The alliance between Jehoshaphat and Ahab against Syria; their defeat. See notes on 1 Kings 22:1; the variations are unimportant....
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...
_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...
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....
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...
_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...
18:2 killed (a-14) Or 'sacrificed,' _ zevach_ , as Deuteronomy 12:15 ....
REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT (CONTINUED) This.c reproduces 1 Kings 22:1 with very slight differences....
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
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...
וַ יֵּרֶד֩ לְ קֵ֨ץ שָׁנִ֤ים אֶל ־אַחְאָב֙
JEHOSHAPHAT-THE DOCTRINE OF NONRESISTANCE 2 Chronicles 17:1; 2 Chronicles 18:1; 2 Chronicles 19:1;...
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...
And after [certain] (b) 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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
JEHOSHAPHAT CONSULTS PROPHETS...
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...
AFTER CERTAIN YEARS: _ Heb._ at the end of years...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 18:2 After H7093 years H8141 down H3381 (H8799) Ahab H256 Samaria H8111 Ahab H256 killed H2076
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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...
1 Kings 1:9; 1 Kings 17:7; 1 Kings 22:20; 1 Kings 22:2; 1 Kings 22:4
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...