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Verse 2 Chronicles 17:3. _THE LORD WAS WITH JEHOSHAPHAT_] "The WORD of
the Lord was Jehoshaphat's Helper." - _Targum_....
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THE FIRST WAYS OF HIS FATHER DAVID - The Septuagint and several Hebrew
manuscripts omit “David,” which has probably crept in from the
margin, for David’s “first ways” are nowhere else contrasted
with...
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2. REFORMATION UNDER JEHOSHAPHAT
CHAPTER 17 Jehoshaphat's Reformation and Increase
_ 1. The Lord was with Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 17:1)_
2. The revival under his reign (2 Chronicles 17:6)
3. His...
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2 Chronicles 17:1 to 2 Chronicles 20:37. THE REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT.
This section is, in the main, from the hand of the Chronicler, whose
spirit and aim are visible throughout; he has utilised all the
i...
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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
WAS WITH. Thus approving his strengthening himself against idolaters
and idolatry.
THE FIRST WAYS: i.e. David's earlier ways were of faith....
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_in the first ways of his father David_ Omit _David_(so LXX.), the
person referred to being _Asa_(1 Kings 22:43). Asa's _first ways_(ch.
14, 15) were good, his latter ways (ch. 16), according to the
C...
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HE WALKED IN THE FIRST WAYS OF HIS FATHER DAVID— _He walked in the
ways of his father David, first and last._ Houbigant....
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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 THE LORD WAS WITH JEHOSHAPHAT, BECAUSE HE WALKED IN THE FIRST
WAYS OF HIS FATHER DAVID, AND SOUGHT NOT UNTO BAALIM;_
He walked in the first ways of his father David. He imitated the piety
of his...
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HIS FATHER DAVID] LXX omits 'David,' so that his father means Asa,
whose early actions (2 Chronicles 14:2) are here contrasted with the
oppressiveness and want of faith that he displayed in his later...
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REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT
An account of a mission of Levites to teach the Law, and of the king's
army.
The particulars of Jehoshaphat's reign here given are additional to
those contained in 1 Kings 22:41...
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 17
JEHOSHAPHAT MAKES A GOOD START – 2 CHRONICLES 17:1-11
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HE WALKED IN THE FIRST WAYS. — The _former_ or _earlier ways_ of
David, as contrasted with his later conduct — a tacit allusion to
the adultery with Bathsheba and other sins of David committed in his...
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וַ יְהִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עִם ־יְהֹושָׁפָ֑ט
כִּ֣י הָל
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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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With the accession of Jehoshaphat a period of definite reformation for
Judah commenced. In this chapter we have, first, the account of his
own relationship to God, and the resulting blessing that came...
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And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the (a) first
ways of his father David, and sought not unto (b) Baalim;
(a) That is, his virtues meaning before he had committed with
Bathsheba...
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_First. Before his fall: some copies add, "and last," (La Haye) as the
Gothic MS. used by Mariana does, agreeably to the Scripture style. D.
--- David began and ended well. H._...
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The account here given of Jeoshaphat's prudence in strengthening
himself in his kingdom, is far less interesting than what is said of
him, of his walking in the counsel of the Lord. The most lovely
fe...
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_A HAPPY REIGN_
‘The Lord was with Jehoshaphat.’
2 Chronicles 17:3
It is instructive to notice what is said about David’s ways—it was
his first ways that Jehoshaphat took for his pattern. We should...
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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 THE LORD WAS WITH JEHOSHAPHAT,.... Guiding and directing,
prospering and succeeding him in all things; he had, no doubt, his
gracious presence in spiritual things, as well as his powerful and
dire...
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And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways
of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
Ver. 3. _Because he walked in the first ways of his father David._]
Who during...
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_He walked in the first ways of his father David_ His ways before he
fell so foully, in the matter of Uriah, which were good ways. David,
indeed, recovered from that fall, but, perhaps, never, while h...
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1 Iehoshaphat succeeding Asa, reigneth well, and prospereth.
7 He sendeth Leuites with the Princes to teach Iudah.
10 His enemies being terrified by God, some of them bring him presents
and tribute....
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Jehoshaphat's Piety....
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And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the first ways
of his father David, as this great king of Judah had behaved in the
early part of his reign, before the matter of Bathsheba, AND S...
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THE REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT
(vv.1-19)
Asa's son Jehoshaphat, at the beginning of his reign, strengthened
himself against Israel (v.1). This was a wise move because Israel was
still in a state of idola...
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IN THE FIRST WAYS, which David walked in before he fell into those
horrid sins of murder and adultery. Or, _in the ways of David_, and
his _father's first ways_. For the beginning of Asa's reign was
l...
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2 Chronicles 17:3 LORD H3068 Jehoshaphat H3092 walked H1980 (H8804)
former H7223 ways H1870 father H1 David H1732
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2 Chronicles 17:3
I. It is an unspeakable blessing to have been born in the line of a
Christian parentage. Much more than godly instruction and example is
involved in the blessing. By a mysterious law...
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CONTENTS: Accession of Jehoshaphat and his growing power.
CHARACTERS: God, Jehoshaphat.
CONCLUSION: True religion and obedience to God are the best friends to
outward prosperity.
KEY WORD: Obedienc...
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2 Chronicles 17:7. _Sent to his princes to teach._ Illustrious men
have often engaged in these sacred services on special occasions.
David, Jonathan his learned uncle, and the kings or princes of Isra...
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And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
THE CONDITIONS OF NATIONAL PROSPERITY
This chapter shows--
I. That true religion is the basis of the State; and that wherever it
prospers there the Sta...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter is peculiar to the writer of Chronicles.
Jehoshaphat becoming king takes measures for defence of his kingdom (2
Chronicles 17:1); in consequence grows in power (2 Chronic...
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EXPOSITION
To the contents of this chapter, and to the reign of Jehoshaphat,
which occupies this and the following three chapters, the Book of
Kings furnishes as yet no parallel. All that it has to sa...
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At his death his son Jehoshaphat took over the throne. Jehoshaphat was
a very good king and God strengthened him.
The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of
his father David...
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1 Chronicles 22:18; 1 Kings 11:6; 1 Kings 15:3; 1 Kings 15:4;...
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Sought not, &c. — It is true, he recovered from that fall. "Yet
perhaps, says Mr. Henry, he never, while he lived, fully retrieved the
spiritual strength he lost by it....