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2 Chronicles Chapter 18
Overview
Ch2 18:1, Jehoshaphat, joined in affinity with Ahab, is persuaded to go with him against Ramoth-gilead; Ch2 18:4, Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slain there.
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riches: Ch2 1:11-15, Ch2 17:5, Ch2 17:12; Mat 6:33
joined affinity: He took Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab, to be wife to his son Joram (Kg2 8:18); which fatal connection was highly displeasing to God, and Jehoshaphat was severely reproved for it by Jehu the seer, Ch2 19:1-3. Ch2 18:31, Ch2 19:2, Ch2 21:6, Ch2 22:2, Ch2 22:3; Kg1 16:31-33, Kg1 21:25; Kg2 8:18, Kg2 8:26, Kg2 8:27, Kg2 11:1; Co2 6:14
after certain years: Heb. at the end of years, Kg1 17:7; Neh 13:6 *marg.
he went: Ch2 19:2; 1Kings 22:2-28
Ahab: Kg1 1:9; Isa 22:12, Isa 22:13; Luk 17:27-29
persuaded: Kg1 22:4, Kg1 22:20-22
Ramothgilead: Deu 4:43; Jos 20:8; Kg1 4:13; Kg2 9:1
I am as thou: Kg1 22:4; Kg2 3:7; Psa 139:21; Eph 5:11; Jo2 1:10, Jo2 1:11
Inquire: Ch2 34:26; Sa1 23:2, Sa1 23:2, Sa1 23:4, Sa1 23:9-12; Sa2 2:1, Sa2 5:19, Sa2 5:23; Kg1 22:5, Kg1 22:6; Psa 27:4; Jer 21:2; Eze 20:3
prophets: Kg1 18:19; Kg2 3:13; Ti2 4:3
Shall we go: Jer 38:14-28, Jer 42:2, Jer 42:3, Jer 42:20
Go up: Ch2 18:14, Ch2 18:20, Ch2 18:21; Jer 8:10, Jer 8:11, Jer 23:14, Jer 23:17, 28:1-17; Eze 13:3-16, Eze 13:22; Mic 2:11; Mic 3:11; Rev 19:20
Is there not: Kg1 22:7-9; Kg2 3:11-13
besides: Heb. yet, or more
I hate him: Kg1 18:17, Kg1 20:42, Kg1 20:43, Kg1 21:20; Psa 34:21, Psa 55:3, Psa 69:14; Pro 9:8, Pro 29:10; Jer 18:18; Amo 5:10; Mar 6:18, Mar 6:19, Mar 6:27; Luk 6:22; Joh 7:7, Joh 15:18, Joh 15:19, Joh 15:24; Gal 4:16
me: Ch2 18:13; Kg2 9:22; Eze 3:17-19; Act 20:26, Act 20:27
Let not the: Pro 25:12; Mic 2:7
officers: or, eunuchs, Sa1 8:15; Ch1 28:1 *marg. Isa 39:7; Dan 1:3, Dan 1:7, Dan 1:8
Fetch quickly: Heb. hasten, Ch2 18:25, Ch2 18:26; Kg1 22:9
sat either: Kg1 22:10-12; Isa 14:9; Eze 26:16; Dan 7:9; Mat 19:28
clothed: Ch2 18:29; Mat 6:29, Mat 11:8
void place: or, floor, Threshing-floors, among the ancient Jews, as we have before remarked, were only, as they are to this day in the East, round level plats of ground in the open air. Hence a floor might well be near the gate of Samaria, which was built on a hill, and afford no improper place for the kings of Judah and Israel to give audience to the prophets.
all the prophets: Jer 27:14-16
horns of iron: Mr. Bruce, in describing the head-dress of the governors of Abyssinia, says, "A large broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied behind their head. in the middle of this was a horn, or conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long, much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers. This is called kirn, keren, and is only worn in reviews, or parades after victory." Such, it may be supposed, were the horns of iron which Zedekiah (who appears to have acted the hero returning from a military triumph) made for himself, when he presumed, in the name of Jehovah, to flatter his prince with the promise of victory: "Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria, until they be consumed." Jer 27:2, Jer 28:10-14; Zac 1:18-21; Ti2 3:8
Thus: Jer 23:17, Jer 23:21, Jer 23:25, Jer 23:31, Jer 28:2, Jer 28:3, Jer 29:21; Eze 13:7, Eze 22:28
they be consumed: Heb. thou consume them
all the prophets: Ch2 18:5, Ch2 18:12, Ch2 18:33, Ch2 18:34; Pro 24:24, Pro 24:25; Mic 3:5; Pe2 2:1-3; Jde 1:16; Rev 16:13, Rev 16:14; Rev 19:20
Behold: Job 22:13; Psa 10:11; Isa 30:10; Hos 7:3; Amo 7:13; Mic 2:6, Mic 2:11; Co1 2:14-16
assent: Heb. mouth, Jos 9:2 *marg.
even what my God: Num 22:18-20, Num 22:35, Num 23:12, Num 23:26, Num 24:13; Kg1 22:14; Jer 23:28, Jer 42:4; Eze 2:7; Mic 2:6, Mic 2:7; Act 20:27; Co1 11:23; Co2 2:17; Gal 1:10; Th1 2:4
Go ye up: Kg1 18:27, Kg1 22:15; Ecc 11:1; Lam 4:21; Amo 4:4, Amo 4:5; Mat 26:45
shall I adjure: Sa1 14:24; Kg1 22:16; Mat 26:63; Mar 5:7; Act 19:13
he said: Mat 26:64
as sheep: Ch2 18:33, Ch2 18:34; Kg1 22:17, Kg1 22:34-36; Jer 23:1, Jer 23:2; Eze 34:5, Eze 34:6, Eze 34:8; Zac 10:2, Zac 13:7; Mat 9:36; Mar 6:34
master: Sa2 2:7, Sa2 5:2; Kg2 10:3
Did I not tell: Ch2 18:7; Kg1 22:18; Pro 29:1; Jer 43:2, Jer 43:3
but evil: or, but for evil
hear the word: Isa 1:10, Isa 28:14, Isa 39:5; Jer 2:4, Jer 19:3, Jer 34:4; Amo 7:16
I saw: Kg1 22:19-23; Isa 6:1-5; Dan 7:9; Act 7:55, Act 7:56
all the host: Gen 32:2; Psa 103:20, Psa 103:21; Zac 1:10
Who shall entice: Kg1 22:20; Job 12:16; Isa 6:9, Isa 6:10, Isa 54:16; Eze 14:9; Th2 2:11, Th2 2:12; Jam 1:13, Jam 1:14
go up: Ch2 25:8, Ch2 25:19; Pro 11:5
there came: Job 1:6, Job 2:1; Co2 11:3, Co2 11:13-15
Kg1 22:21, Kg1 22:22; Joh 8:44; Jo1 4:6; Rev 12:9, Rev 13:14, Rev 20:8
a lying spirit: Ch2 18:22; Gen 3:4, Gen 3:5
Thou shalt: Ch2 18:19; Jdg 9:23; Job 1:12, Job 2:6; Psa 109:17
the lord hath: Exo 4:21; Job 12:16; Isa 19:14; Eze 14:3-5, Eze 14:9; Mat 24:24, Mat 24:25; Co2 11:11-13; Th2 2:9-11; Ti1 4:1, Ti1 4:2
and the Lord: Ch2 18:7, Ch2 18:17, Ch2 25:18; Isa 3:11; Jer 18:11; Mic 2:3; Mat 26:24, Mat 26:25; Mar 14:20, Mar 14:21
Zedekiah: Ch2 18:10; Kg1 22:23-25; Isa 50:5, Isa 50:6; Jer 20:2; Lam 3:30; Mic 5:1; Mat 26:67; Mar 14:65; Joh 18:22, Joh 18:23; Act 23:2, Act 23:3
Which way: Jer 29:26, Jer 29:27; Mat 26:67, Mat 26:68; Joh 9:40, Joh 9:41
Behold: Isa 26:11; Jer 28:16, Jer 28:17, Jer 29:21, Jer 29:22, Jer 29:32
into an inner chamber: or, from chamber to chamber, Heb. into a chamber in a chamber. "In one of the halls of the seraglio at Constantinople," says Deut. Lam. Motraye, "the eunuch made us pass by several little chambers, with doors shut, like the cells of monks or nuns, as far as I could judge by one that another eunuch opened." This exactly corresponds with the idea of a "chamber within a chamber;" and it would appear that Micaiah predicted that Zedekiah should fly for shelter to a Harem, which we have seen was deemed inviolate. (See note on Sa1 19:16.) Kg1 20:30; Isa 26:20
and carry him back: Ch2 18:8; Jer 37:15-21, Jer 38:6, Jer 38:7; Act 24:25-27
Put: Ch2 18:15, Ch2 16:10; Kg1 22:26-28; Jer 20:2, Jer 20:3; Mat 5:12; Luk 3:19, Luk 3:20; Act 5:18; Co2 11:23; Rev 11:10
this fellow: Sa1 25:21; Mat 12:24; Luk 23:2; Act 22:22
bread of affliction: Psa 80:5, Psa 102:9; Isa 30:20
until I return: Deu 29:19; Psa 10:5; Pro 14:16; Th1 5:2, Th1 5:3
If: Num 16:29; Amo 9:10; Act 13:10, Act 13:11
Hearken: Mat 13:9, Mat 15:10; Mar 7:14; Luk 20:45, Luk 20:46
the king: Kg1 22:29-33
I will disguise: Sa1 28:8; Kg1 14:2-6, Kg1 20:38; Job 24:15; Jer 23:24
put thou on thy robes: Psa 12:2; Pro 26:25
the king: Ch2 35:22, Ch2 35:23
Fight ye: Kg1 20:33, Kg1 20:34, Kg1 20:42
small or great: Ch2 15:13; Gen 19:11; Deu 1:17
Jehoshaphat: Ch2 13:14, Ch2 14:11; Exo 14:10; Psa 116:1, Psa 116:2; Co2 1:9, Co2 1:10
the Lord: Ch2 26:7; Psa 34:7, Psa 46:1, Psa 46:11, Psa 94:17, Psa 118:13
God moved them: Ezr 1:1, Ezr 7:27; Neh 1:11; Pro 16:7, Pro 21:1
from pursuing him: Heb. from after him, Kg1 22:33
a certain man: Kg1 22:34
at a venture: Heb. in his simplicity, Sa2 15:11
between the: etc. Heb. between the joints and between the breast plate, The shiryon, in Syriac, sheryono, seems to have covered both the back and breast of the warrior, and was consequently not properly a breast-plate, but a coat of mail or corslet. The corslet was made of flax or of wool woven very thick, of ox-hide, of brass, or of iron. The metallic corslet consisted not of solid piece, but of scales, hooks, or rings, connected like the links of a chain, that the warrior might move with greater ease. It was between the joints of this harness that Ahab received his mortal wound. Kg1 22:34, Kg1 22:35
wounded: Heb. made sick, Ch2 35:23
he died: Ch2 18:16, Ch2 18:19, Ch2 18:27; Num 32:23; Pro 13:21, Pro 28:17