Ver. 1. Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance,....
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2 Chronicles 18
2 Chronicles 18 — Overview
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2 Chronicles 18 — Overview2 Chronicles 18 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe story of this chapter we had just as it is here related in the
story of the reign of Ahab king of Israel, 1 Kings xxii. There it looks
more creditable to Ahab than any thing else recorded of him that he was…2 Chronicles 18 — Overview2 Chronicles 18 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge2 Chronicles 18:1, Jehoshaphat, joined in affinity with Ahab, is persuaded to go with him against Ramoth-gilead; 2 Chronicles 18:4, Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slain there.2 Chronicles 18:1-32 Chronicles 18:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. Jehoshaphat growing greater. It was said before (ch. xvii.
5) that he had riches and honour in abundance; and here it is said
again that his wealth and honour increased upon him by piety and good…2 Chronicles 18:1-342 Chronicles 18:1-34 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
This chapter, from its second verse, finds its parallel in 1 Kings 22:2-35. It opens with dangerous symptoms, recording in one sentence the event that was to bear ill fruit, if not till "years" afterward (1…2 Chronicles 18:1-342 Chronicles 18:1-34 · The Pulpit CommentaryII. THE ENCOUNTERING OF SOCIAL PERILS. Whether or not Jehoshaphat suffered from the blandishments and allurements of the court where Jezebel was queen, we do not know. Certainly he ought to have thought twice before he…2 Chronicles 18:1-342 Chronicles 18:1-34 · The Pulpit Commentary1. His imminent peril. Mistaking him for the King of Israel, the Syrian charioteers surrounded him. This natural, and had Jehoshaphat been smitten the blame would have been his own. He who runs into danger unbidden need…