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. LES ENFANTS DE MOAB ... AMMON, ET AVEC EUX D'AUTRES QUE LES AMMONITES - censé être plutôt le nom d'un certain peuple appelé Mohammo... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is Engedi. AU-DELÀ DE LA MER DE CE CÔTÉ DE LA SYRIE. Au lieu de la Syrie, certaines versions lisent «Edom», et de n... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. JOSAPHAT ... A PROCLAMÉ UN JEÛNE DANS TOUT JUDA. Alarmé par l'intelligence, et conscient de son incapacité totale à repousser cette armée d'envahisseurs, Josaphat sentit son seul refuge était aux... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND JUDAH GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, TO ASK HELP OF THE LORD: EVEN OUT OF ALL THE CITIES OF JUDAH THEY CAME TO SEEK THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, JOSAPHAT SE TENAIT DANS LA ... MAISON DU SEIGNEUR, DEVANT LA NOUVELLE COUR - i: e., la grande cour extérieure (2 Chroniques 4:9), appelé la nouvelle cour, probablement pour avoir été... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 withstand thee? ET IL A DIT: SEIGNEUR DIEU DE NOS PÈRES. Cette prière sérieuse et impressionnante eng... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_ART NOT THOU OUR GOD, WHO DIDST DRIVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND BEFORE THY PEOPLE ISRAEL, AND GAVEST IT TO THE SEED OF ABRAHAM THY FRIEND FOR EVER?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. TOUT JUDA SE TENAIT DEVANT LE SEIGNEUR, AVEC LEURS PETITS ... [ Tapaam (H2945), un nom collectif au singulier, qui, tel qu'il est utilisé ici, inclut les femmes aussi bien que les enfants (cf. Genèse 47... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; PUIS SUR JAHAZIEL ... VINT L'ESPRIT DU SEIGNEUR. Ce prophète n'est pas mentionné ailleurs, mais sa pré... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE SAID, HEARKEN YE, ALL JUDAH, AND YE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM, AND THOU KING JEHOSHAPHAT, THUS SAITH THE LORD UNTO YOU, BE NOT AFRAID NOR DISMAYED BY REASON OF THIS GREAT MULTITUDE; FOR THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS, BUT GOD'S._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. ILS REMONTENT PAR LA FALAISE DE ZIZ. Cela semble n'être rien d'autre que le col actuel, qui mène vers le nord, par une montée d'Engedi, à... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_YE SHALL NOT NEED TO FIGHT IN THIS BATTLE: SET YOURSELVES, STAND YE STILL, AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD WITH YOU, O JUDAH AND JERUSALEM: FEAR NOT, NOR BE DISMAYED; TO MORROW GO OUT AGAINST THEM: FOR THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. JOSAPHAT BAISSA LA TÊTE ... ET TOUT JUDA ... Cette attitude exprimait le respect envers Dieu et sa parole, la confiance en sa promesse et la grat... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. LES LÉVITES ... SE SONT LEVÉS POUR LOUER LE SEIGNEUR - sans doute par ordre du roi; et leur hymne a été chanté avec un tel éloge joyeux qu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. ALORS QU'IL... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. IL A NOMMÉ DES PÉCHEURS ... QUI DEVRAIENT FAIRE L'ÉLOGE ... COMME ILS SORT... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. QUAND ILS ONT COMMENCÉ À CHANTER ET À LOUER, LE SEIGNEUR A TENDU DES EMBUSCADES. Certains pensent que cela a été fait par... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FOR THE CHILDREN OF AMMON AND MOAB STOOD UP AGAINST THE INHABITANTS OF MOUNT SEIR, UTTERLY TO SLAY AND DESTROY THEM: AND WHEN THEY HAD MADE AN END OF THE INHABITANTS OF SEIR, EVERY ONE HELPED TO DESTROY ANOTHER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. QUAND JUDA EST VENU VERS LA TOUR DE GUET DANS LE DÉSERT - très probablement la colline conique, Jebel Fereidis, ou Frank Mountai... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND WHEN JEHOSHAPHAT AND HIS PEOPLE CAME TO TAKE AWAY THE SPOIL OF THEM, THEY FOUND AMONG THEM IN ABUNDANCE BOTH RICHES WITH THE DEAD BODIES, AND PRECIOUS JEWELS, WHICH THEY STRIPPED OFF FOR THEMSELVES, MORE THAN THEY COULD CARRY AWAY: AND THEY WERE THREE DAYS IN GATHERING OF THE SPOIL, IT WAS SO M... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. JOSAPHAT A RÉGNÉ SUR JUDA - (voir 2 Chroniques 24:1.)... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. A MARCHÉ DANS LA VOIE D'ASA, SON PÈRE, ET NE S'EN EST PAS ÉLOIGNÉ. Il était plus ferme et systématiquement religieux (cf. 2 Chroniques 15:18).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. LES HAUTS LIEUX N'ONT PAS ÉTÉ ENLEVÉS. Ceux sur lesquels l'idolâtrie était pratiquée ont été entièrement détruits (2 Chroniques 17:6) , mais ceux où le peuple, malgré l... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JEHOSHAPHAT, FIRST AND LAST, BEHOLD, THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF JEHU THE SON OF HANANI, WHO IS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: APRÈS CELA, JOSAPHAT ... S'EST JOINT À ACHAZIA ...... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber. POUR FABRIQUER DES NAVIRES. Une flotte combinée a été construite à Ezion-geber, dont la destination était de voyager à Tartessus, mais elle a fait naufrage. Le motif de Josaphat pour entrer dans... [ Continuer la lecture ]