2 Chronicles 17:1 to 2 Chronicles 20:37. THE REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT.
This section is, in the main, from the hand of the Chronicler, whose
spirit and aim are visible throughout; he has utilised all the
information concerning Jehoshaphat to be got from 1 K. viz. in 1 Kings
15:24; 1 Kings 22:1; 1 Kings 2... [ Continue Reading ]
Jehu the prophet reproves Jehoshaphat for having allied himself with
Ahab. These verses are mainly from the Chronicler, but see 1 Kings
16:1 ff.
2 CHRONICLES 19:4. This section, a kind of _midrash_ on the name
Jehoshaphat (= Yahweh judgeth), is also from the Chronicler; he
imagines the judicial ar... [ Continue Reading ]