_THE CHILDREN OF MOAB AND AMMON COME AGAINST JEHOSHAPHAT, WHO PROCLAIMS A FAST THROUGH THE LAND. HIS PRAYER. JAHAZIEL THE PROPHET PROMISES THE KING VICTORY WITHOUT FIGHTING. THE ARMIES OF THE ENEMY FALL UPON AND DESTROY EACH OTHER. JEHOSHAPHAT JOINS HIMSELF WITH AHAZIAH, AND BUILDS A FLEET._ _Befo... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WITH THEM OTHER BESIDE THE AMMONITES— _And the Edomites._ Houbigant. See 2 Chronicles 20:10; 2 Chronicles 20:22. In the second verse, instead of _Syria,_ he reads _Edom,_ agreeable to a correction of Calmet's.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 irresistible power, which extends itself every where, over all creatures in heaven and earth, which are e... [ Continue Reading ]
WILT THOU NOT JUDGE THEM— That is, inflict judgments upon them, or punish them. When Jehoshaphat speaks of _having no might against this great company,_ we must understand that they came upon him unprovided and unawares; for we have seen before, that he had more than eleven hundred thousand fighting... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE BATTLE IS NOT YOUR'S, BUT GOD'S— _For the battle will not be your's, but God's._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD SET AMBUSHMENTS AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, &C.— _The Lord set against the children of Ammon and Moab ambushments of those who came from mount Seir against Judah; and the children of Ammon and Moab were smitten:_ 2 Chronicles 20:23. _But they afterwards rose up against the inhabitants of... [ Continue Reading ]