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Verse 2 Chronicles 20:6. _JEHOSHAPHAT STOOD_] What an instructive
sight was this! The king who proclaimed the fast was foremost to
observe it, and was on this occasion the priest of the people;
offer...
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Jehoshaphat’s appeal is threefold:
(1) to God omnipotent 2 Chronicles 20:6;
(2) to “our God;”
(3) the God especially “of this house” the temple.
2 Chronicles 20:7
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CHAPTER 20 JUDAH INVADED, JEHOSHAPHAT'S PRAYER AND DELIVERANCE
_ 1. The invasion (2 Chronicles 20:1)_
2. Jehoshaphat's great prayer (2 Chronicles 20:3)
3. Jehovah's answer through Jahaziel ...
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Jehoshaphat's victory over the Ammonites and Moabites. This story of a
miraculous battle is perhaps a _midrash_ on the war described in 1
Kings 3:4 ff., and has, in so far, some historical basis; but...
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GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
ART NOT... RULEST NOT... IS THERE NOT? Figure of speech _Erotesis._
App-6.
HEATHEN. nations (Daniel 4:34; Daniel 4:35).
IN THINE HAND. The words of David were accessibl...
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_O Lord God_ R.V. O LORD, THE GOD; cp. 2 Chronicles 21:10; 2
Chronicles 21:12.
art _not thou God_ cp. Joshua 2:11.
_rulest_not _thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen?_ R.V....
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AND SAID, O LORD GOD, &C.— This prayer of Jehoshaphat is deservedly
accounted one of the most excellent that we meet with in sacred
history. He begins with an acknowledgment of God's supreme and
irres...
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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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_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 WITH...
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20:6 heavens, (d-15) Or 'Art not thou the Same, -- God in the
heavens.' see Deuteronomy 32:39 ....
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REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT (CONCLUDED)
An account of how a host of Moabites and others invaded Judah; how
Jehoshaphat prayed to the Lord, and was directed by Jahaziel not to
fear; and how the enemy was ove...
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 20
JEHOSHAPHAT TRUSTS IN THE *LORD – 2 CHRONICLES 20:1-30...
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ART NOT THOU GOD IN HEAVEN. — So Psalms 115:2. Jehovah, the Worship
of Israel, is no limited local or tribal deity, but _God over all._
(Comp. also the first clause of the Lord’s Prayer.)
AND RULEST N...
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וַ יֹּאמַ֗ר יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י
אֲבֹתֵ֨ינוּ֙ הֲ...
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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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This chapter gives us the story which perhaps reveals most graphically
the simplicity and splendor of the faith of Jehoshaphat. His kingdom
was threatened with powerful and terrible invasion. In his e...
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This is a beautiful prayer, and both the manner of address, with the
appearance of the king and his people make it striking. All Judah it
is said, with their little ones, and wives and children, stood...
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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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AND SAID, O LORD GOD OF OUR FATHERS,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
whose covenant God he was:
ART NOT THOU GOD IN HEAVEN? that dwellest and rulest there, and dost
whatever thou pleasest in the armie...
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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...
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_And said, O Lord God_, &c. Jehoshaphat himself was the mouth of the
congregation to God, and did not devolve the work upon his chaplains.
For though the kings were forbidden to burn incense, they wer...
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1 Iehoshaphat, in his feare proclaimeth a fast.
5 His prayer.
14 The prophesie of Iahaziel.
20 Iehoshaphat exhorteth the people, and setteth singers to praise the
Lord.
22 The great ouerthrow of t...
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and said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not Thou God in heaven, the
almighty Creator and Preserver, to whom the children of Israel owed
all the rich benefits which they then enjoyed? AND RULEST NOT T...
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THE THREATENED INVASION...
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THREE ENEMIES AITACKING
(vv.1-2)
The Lord now allowed a further test of the faith of King Jehoshaphat.
Armies of Moab and Ammon came against Judah, and others were added in
this attack. Moab speaks...
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1-13 In all dangers, public or personal, our first business should be
to seek help from God. Hence the advantage of days for national
fasting and prayer. From the first to the last of our seeking the...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Chronicles 20:1. 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. Then there came...
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CONTENTS: Jehoshaphat's prayer for deliverance and its answer.
Invading armies stricken.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Jehoshaphat, Jahaziel, Ahaziah.
CONCLUSION: Faith takes God's bonds, knowing the...
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2 Chronicles 20:1. _With them_ other, the LXX, Μιναιοι, mixed
people.
2 Chronicles 20:5. _Jehosphaphat stood in the house of the Lord._ This
was proceeding in the good and ancient way. He prayed in o...
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_And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah._
MAN’S EXTREMITY IS GOD’S OPPORTUNITY
I. That in the discipline of life we should expect dangers and
extremities. To know other resources we must...
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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 20:1 These verses describe a
victory over Judah’s enemies in which God acts for his people. Faith
in God and obedience to his prophets (v. 2 Chroni
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CRITICAL NOTES.] Narrative to 2 Chronicles 20:30 entirely additional
to Kings. Invasion of Moabites (2 Chronicles 20:1); fast and
supplication of king and people (2 Chronicles 20:3); the message of
Ja...
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EXPOSITION
Of this chapter, with its thirty-seven verses, only the six verses
(31-36) find any duplicate or parallel in Kings (1 Kings 22:41-11).
The chapter is occupied with a statement of the invasi...
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Now in chapter 20, it records how that at this time three nations had
gathered together to fight against Judah. The nation of Moab and
Ammon, and those of Mount Seir, which would have been the Edomite...
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1 Chronicles 29:11; 1 Chronicles 29:12; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 1 Kings
8:23;...
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FROM DEFEAT TO VICTORY
2 Chronicles 20:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Today we study chapter 20. However, by way of introduction we want to
talk over with you several important features found in chapter 19. W...