歴代誌Ⅱ 20:18-22 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:1-37

The last chapter in Jehoshaphat's career. The aspects in which the character of Jehoshaphat offers itself to our view, in the last seen of him, are now to be considered. Few men there are who bear themselves well in prosperity, especially if the prosperity be great; and many there are who fail to submit well to the discipline of adversity. Of this latter weakness of human nature it can scarcely be said that Jehoshaphat was an illustration. The punishment that had been foretold, that solemn... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:5-19

The prayer of Jehoshaphat. I. THE SCENE . 1 . The place. (1) Jerusalem, the metropolis of the land, whose safety was imperilled. 2 . The assembly . 3 . The suppliant. Jehoshaphat acted as the mouthpiece for himself and his people. Standing forth in the centre of the congregation, he offered "without form or any premeditation (?) one of the most sensible, pious, correct, and, as to its composition, one of the most elegant prayers ever offered under the Old... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:14-19

Before the battle: lessons. Having made their appeal to the Lord God of their fathers, Judah now waited for God. Nor had the king and his subjects to wait long. We have here an instance of— I. GOD 'S READINESS TO ANSWER THE PRAYER OF HIS PEOPLE . "In the midst of the congregation," while they were still before the Lord, in the very act and attitude of prayer, an answer was vouchsafed to them. While they were yet speaking, God heard ( Isaiah 65:24 ). Though he does... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:18

The infinite relief to the mind of Jehoshaphat and his people finds now fit expression in simple adoration. Would that such first gratitude were but sustained to the end more frequently than it is common to find the case! read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:19

Of the children of the Korhites; i.e; with Revised Version, of the Korahites, who were the best of the Kohathite family ( 1 Chronicles 6:22 ; also at head of Psalm 42-49; Authorized Version and Revised Version). Keil would translate, "Of the sons of Kohath, yea, of the Korahites." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:20

The wilderness of Tekoa . The king and people, army and prophet and Levite singers, start early for the wilderness of Tekoa, not less than ten miles' distance south of Jerusalem, and from it a waddy running to the Dead Sea. So shall ye be established . (So Isaiah 7:9 .) Jehoshaphat's own faith and zeal make him nervously anxious that his people should not fall behind him, and fall short of their duty and the grandeur of the occasion. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:20-30

A victory without a blow. I. THE MARCH TO TEKOA . ( 2 Chronicles 20:20 , 2 Chronicles 20:21 .) 1 . The composition of the army. 2 . The time of its setting forth. "Early in the morning," i.e. the next after Jahaziel's assurance. An indication of 3 . The address of its king. Standing in the city gate as regiment after regiment filed into line and sallied forth, Jehoshaphat exhorted them (successively) to calm confidence in the ultimate success of the campaign... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:21

And when he had consulted with the people ; i.e. possibly simply "conferred with" those who were over the singers, as to who should be the most prominent in leading the service of praise , or as to what should be the words sung and other like matters of detail; or more probably, considering the exact form of language used, the reference is to what we are told Jehoshaphat had just done, to wit, counselled well the people and given good advice to them. Praise the beauty of holiness . The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:22

Set ambushments . The Hebrew is נָתַן מְאָרְבִים , i.e. "set persons lying in wait," or "in ambush" (piel part. plur. of אָרַב ). So 9:25 , but kal participle with apparently future equivalent meaning occurs eighteen times in Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Ezra, Jeremiah, and Lamentations. Who the persons were, supernatural or not, or what their mode of operation, is not told, and is not plain. The effects are quite plain—that first the two confederates, Moab and Ammon, thought... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 20:20

Tekoa (2 Samuel 14:2 note) lay on the borders of the desert which skirts the highlands of Judaea toward the east. The town was built on a hill of a considerable height. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:1-37

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:5-19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:14-19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:20-30

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 20:20

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