_IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THIS ALSO, THAT THE CHILDREN OF MOAB, AND THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND WITH THEM OTHER BESIDE THE AMMONITES, CAME AGAINST JEHOSHAPHAT TO BATTLE._ The children of Moab ... Ammon, and with them other besides the Ammonites - supposed to be rather the name of a certain people calle... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THERE CAME SOME THAT TOLD JEHOSHAPHAT, SAYING, THERE COMETH A GREAT MULTITUDE AGAINST THEE FROM BEYOND THE SEA ON THIS SIDE SYRIA; AND, BEHOLD, THEY BE IN HAZAZON-TAMAR, WHICH IS ENGEDI._ From beyond the sea on this side Syria. Instead of Syria, some versions read 'Edom,' and many able critic... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOSHAPHAT FEARED, AND SET HIMSELF TO SEEK THE LORD, AND PROCLAIMED A FAST THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAH._ Jehoshaphat ... proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. Alarmed by the intelligence, and conscious of his total inability to repel this host of invaders, Jehoshaphat felt his only refuge was at t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JUDAH GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, TO ASK HELP OF THE LORD: EVEN OUT OF ALL THE CITIES OF JUDAH THEY CAME TO SEEK THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOSHAPHAT STOOD IN THE CONGREGATION OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM, IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, BEFORE THE NEW COURT,_ Jehoshaphat stood in the ... house of the Lord, before the new court - i:e., the great or outer court (2 Chronicles 4:9), called the new court, probably from having been at that time... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAID, O LORD GOD OF OUR FATHERS, ART NOT THOU GOD IN HEAVEN? AND RULEST NOT THOU OVER ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE HEATHEN? AND IN THINE HAND IS THERE NOT POWER AND MIGHT, SO THAT NONE IS ABLE TO WITHSTAND THEE?_ And said, Lord God of our fathers. This earnest and impressive prayer embraces every t... [ Continue Reading ]
_ART NOT THOU OUR GOD, WHO DIDST DRIVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND BEFORE THY PEOPLE ISRAEL, AND GAVEST IT TO THE SEED OF ABRAHAM THY FRIEND FOR EVER?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL JUDAH STOOD BEFORE THE LORD, WITH THEIR LITTLE ONES, THEIR WIVES, AND THEIR CHILDREN._ All Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones ... х_ TAPAAM_ (H2945), a collective noun in the singular, which as used here, includes the women as well as the children (cf. Genesis 47:12).]... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN UPON JAHAZIEL THE SON OF ZECHARIAH, THE SON OF BENAIAH, THE SON OF JEIEL, THE SON OF MATTANIAH, A LEVITE OF THE SONS OF ASAPH, CAME THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION;_ Then upon Jahaziel ... came the Spirit of the Lord. This prophet is not elsewhere mentioned, but his cl... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, HEARKEN YE, ALL JUDAH, AND YE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM, AND THOU KING JEHOSHAPHAT, THUS SAITH THE LORD UNTO YOU, BE NOT AFRAID NOR DISMAYED BY REASON OF THIS GREAT MULTITUDE; FOR THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS, BUT GOD'S._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_TO MORROW GO YE DOWN AGAINST THEM: BEHOLD, THEY COME UP BY THE CLIFF OF ZIZ; AND YE SHALL FIND THEM AT THE END OF THE BROOK, BEFORE THE WILDERNESS OF JERUEL._ They come up by the cliff of Ziz. This seems to have been nothing else than the present pass, which leads northwards, by an ascent from Eng... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL NOT NEED TO FIGHT IN THIS BATTLE: SET YOURSELVES, STAND YE STILL, AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD WITH YOU, O JUDAH AND JERUSALEM: FEAR NOT, NOR BE DISMAYED; TO MORROW GO OUT AGAINST THEM: FOR THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOSHAPHAT BOWED HIS HEAD WITH HIS FACE TO THE GROUND: AND ALL JUDAH AND THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM FELL BEFORE THE LORD, WORSHIPPING THE LORD._ Jehoshaphat bowed his head ... and all Judah ... This attitude was expressive of reverence to God and His word, of confidence in His promise, and... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LEVITES, OF THE CHILDREN OF THE KOHATHITES, AND OF THE CHILDREN OF THE KORHITES, STOOD UP TO PRAISE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL WITH A LOUD VOICE ON HIGH._ The Levites ... stood up to praise the Lord - doubtless by the king's command; and their anthem was sung with such a joyful acclaim as show... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY ROSE EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND WENT FORTH INTO THE WILDERNESS OF TEKOA: AND AS THEY WENT FORTH, JEHOSHAPHAT STOOD AND SAID, HEAR ME, O JUDAH, AND YE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM; BELIEVE IN THE LORD YOUR GOD, SO SHALL YE BE ESTABLISHED; BELIEVE HIS PROPHETS, SO SHALL YE PROSPER._ As they went... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN HE HAD CONSULTED WITH THE PEOPLE, HE APPOINTED SINGERS UNTO THE LORD, AND THAT SHOULD PRAISE THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS, AS THEY WENT OUT BEFORE THE ARMY, AND TO SAY, PRAISE THE LORD; FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER._ He appointed sinners ... that should praise ... as they went out before the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THEY BEGAN TO SING AND TO PRAISE, THE LORD SET AMBUSHMENTS AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, MOAB, AND MOUNT SEIR, WHICH WERE COME AGAINST JUDAH; AND THEY WERE SMITTEN._ When they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments. Some think that this was done by angels in human form, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE CHILDREN OF AMMON AND MOAB STOOD UP AGAINST THE INHABITANTS OF MOUNT SEIR, UTTERLY TO SLAY AND DESTROY THEM: AND WHEN THEY HAD MADE AN END OF THE INHABITANTS OF SEIR, EVERY ONE HELPED TO DESTROY ANOTHER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN JUDAH CAME TOWARD THE WATCH TOWER IN THE WILDERNESS, THEY LOOKED UNTO THE MULTITUDE, AND, BEHOLD, THEY WERE DEAD BODIES FALLEN TO THE EARTH, AND NONE ESCAPED._ When Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness - most probably the conical hill, Jebel Fereidis, or Frank Mountain, fro... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN JEHOSHAPHAT AND HIS PEOPLE CAME TO TAKE AWAY THE SPOIL OF THEM, THEY FOUND AMONG THEM IN ABUNDANCE BOTH RICHES WITH THE DEAD BODIES, AND PRECIOUS JEWELS, WHICH THEY STRIPPED OFF FOR THEMSELVES, MORE THAN THEY COULD CARRY AWAY: AND THEY WERE THREE DAYS IN GATHERING OF THE SPOIL, IT WAS SO M... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOSHAPHAT REIGNED OVER JUDAH: HE WAS THIRTY AND FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED TWENTY AND FIVE YEARS IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS AZUBAH THE DAUGHTER OF SHILHI._ Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah - (see 2 Chronicles 24:1.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WALKED IN THE WAY OF ASA HIS FATHER, AND DEPARTED NOT FROM IT, DOING THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD._ Walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it. He was more stedfast and consistently religious (cf. 2 Chronicles 15:18).... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOWBEIT THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY: FOR AS YET THE PEOPLE HAD NOT PREPARED THEIR HEARTS UNTO THE GOD OF THEIR FATHERS._ The high places were not taken away. Those on which idolatry was practiced were entirely destroyed (2 Chronicles 17:6), but those where the people, notwithstanding the e... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JEHOSHAPHAT, FIRST AND LAST, BEHOLD, THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF JEHU THE SON OF HANANI, WHO IS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AFTER THIS DID JEHOSHAPHAT KING OF JUDAH JOIN HIMSELF WITH AHAZIAH KING OF ISRAEL, WHO DID VERY WICKEDLY:_ After this did Jehoshaphat ... join himself with Ahaziah ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE JOINED HIMSELF WITH HIM TO MAKE SHIPS TO GO TO TARSHISH: AND THEY MADE THE SHIPS IN EZIONGEBER._ To make ships. A combined fleet was built at Ezion-geber, the destination of which was to voyage to Tartessus, but it was wrecked. Jehoshaphat's motive for entering into this partnership was to... [ Continue Reading ]