2 Chronicles 17 - Introduction
_JEHOSAPHAT, THE SON OF ASA, REIGNS WELL AND PROSPEROUSLY. HE SENDS PRIESTS AND LEVITES TO INSTRUCT THE PEOPLE IN THE LAW. HIS GREATNESS, CAPTAINS, AND ARMIES._ _Before Christ 914._... [ Continue Reading ]
_JEHOSAPHAT, THE SON OF ASA, REIGNS WELL AND PROSPEROUSLY. HE SENDS PRIESTS AND LEVITES TO INSTRUCT THE PEOPLE IN THE LAW. HIS GREATNESS, CAPTAINS, AND ARMIES._ _Before Christ 914._... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WALKED IN THE FIRST WAYS OF HIS FATHER DAVID— _He walked in the ways of his father David, first and last._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP— _And when he had elevated his mind in following the commandments of God, he took yet from Judah high places and groves: i.e._ he destroyed yet other monuments of idolatry, which had escaped the diligence of his father Asa, though he took not away those high places and al... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SENT TO HIS PRINCES, EVEN TO BEN-HAIL, &C.— _He sent of his princes Ben-hail, Obadiah,_ &c. The proper business of these princes in their circuit round the kingdom, says Bishop Patrick, was to admonish and require the people to observe the laws of God, and to leave the particular explication and... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS OF THEM— That is, of the soldiers, as well as of those who were employed in the king's works, in the several cities, &c. which he built. See 2 Chronicles 17:19. REFLECTIONS.—1st, Jehoshaphat no sooner comes to the throne, than we see the dawnings of a glorious reign. 1. He... [ Continue Reading ]