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Verse 2 Chronicles 18:3. _TO RAMOTH-GILEAD_] This place belonged to
the Israelites, and was now held by the king of Syria.
The whole of this chapter is circumstantially explained in the notes
on 1 Ki...
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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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WE WILL BE WITH THEE. Jehoshaphat was deceived by its seeming to be.
"good work". But "good" works are only "prepared" works (Ephesians
2:10). It could not be "good" if done "with thee" (Compare 2
Chr...
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_and_we will be _with thee in the war_ In 1 Kin. the corresponding
phrase is, _my horses as thy horses_. The Chronicler makes the words
of Jehoshaphat a definite promise. The phrases In 1 Kin. _need_n...
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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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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 AHAB KING OF ISRAEL. — This verse is essentially the same as 1
Kings 22:4. From this point the two narratives practically coincide.
(See the Notes on 1 Kings 22)
TO RAMOTH-GILEAD — i.e., Ramoth of...
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וַ יֹּ֜אמֶר אַחְאָ֣ב מֶֽלֶךְ
־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל...
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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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_War. Josaphat was too complaisant. He was rebuked by the son of
Hanani, as Asa had been by his father; (chap. xvi. 7.) and, not long
after, Eliezer reproached him for joining in alliance with Ochozia...
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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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2 Chronicles 18:2...
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And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou
go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I [am] as thou [art],
and my people as thy people; and [we will be] with thee in...
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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 Ahab, king of Israel, said unto Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, Wilt
thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he, flattered by the banquets
which had been prepared in his honor, and the hospitality shown...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 18:3 RAMOTH-GILEAD was southeast
of the Sea of Galilee. The Syrians captured it during the reign of
Ben-hadad (c. 860–843 B.C.)....
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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 22:4; 2 John 1:10; 2 John 1:11; 2 Kings 3:7; Ephesians 5:11;...
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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...