Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 18:23
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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
The alliance between Jehoshaphat and Ahab against Syria; their defeat. See notes on 1 Kings 22:1; the variations are unimportant....
_Zedekiah_ He takes the lead as in 2 Chronicles 18:10. _smote … upon the cheek_ This phrase is tantamount to "gave an insulting blow"; cp. Micah 5:1; Matthew 5:39....
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...
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
THEN. — _And._ AND SMOTE. — _Way-yak,_ a correction of _way-yakkèh_ (Kings), such as the chronicler often makes. WHICH WAY. — Literally, _where is the way the spirit of Jehovah passed._ Kings, _wher...
וַ יִּגַּשׁ֙ צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ בֶֽן ־כְּנַעֲנָ֔ה וַ...
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...
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the (q) cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? (q) By this cruelty his ambition and hy...
This account is so similar, as far as it goes, to what is related in the book of the Kings already referred to, that I do not think it necessary to make any further observations, unless it be on that...
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...
2 Chronicles 18:2....
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? Ver. 23. _And smote Micaiah._] To do this i...
_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...
Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near, angry because he was thus exposed before the king, AND SMOTE MICAIAH UPON THE CHEEK, AND SAID, WHICH WAY WENT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD FROM ME TO SPEAK UN...
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...
2 Chronicles 18:23 Zedekiah H6667 son H1121 Chenaanah H3668 near H5066 (H8799) struck H5221 (H8686) Micaiah...
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...
_And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to-day._ DIVINE TRUTH AND ITS TYPICAL RECEPTION Here are four types of human conduct in relation to Divin...
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
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 18:23 ZEDEKIAH... STRUCK MICAIAH ON THE CHEEK. Zedekiah claimed to speak in the name of Yahweh (v. 2 Chronicl
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 22:23; 2 Chronicles 18:10; Acts 23:2; Acts 23:3; Isaiah 50:5