역대하 17:1-3 Krv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 17:2
He placed forces ; literally, he gave ( Genesis 1:17 ) forces, or a force, or host, or army: חַיִל ( Exodus 14:28 ; 2 Samuel 24:2 ). And set garrisons ; again literally, he gave garrisons ( נְאִיבִים ) ; i.e. either the persons "set over," prefects or officers ( 1 Kings 4:19 ), or the military garrison itself "stationed" ( 1 Samuel 10:5 ; 1 Samuel 13:3 ). A village in Judah also had the name Nezeb ( Joshua 15:45 ). In the cities of Ephraim (see 2... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 17:3
The first ways of his father David . Although there would be no difficulty in reconciling this statement with history, yet probably the name David should not stand here. It is not in the Septuagint. The most natural and sufficient reference is to Asa . And sought not unto Ballim; literally, to the Baalim; i.e. to the various false gods of surrounding peoples ( 2:11 ), Baal-berith ( 8:33 ; 9:4 , 9:46 ), Baal-zebub ( 2 Kings 1:2 ), Baal-peor ( Numbers 23:28 , etc.; Numbers... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 17:3-6
The wise choice and the happy course. We have before us here the king who made the wise choice, and who consequently ran through a very happy course. In him we have an example; in it a promise for ourselves. I. THE WISE CHOICE , WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE TO US . Jehoshaphat: 1 . Preferred the true God to the false deities; he "sought to the Lord God of his father," and he "sought not unto Baalim." Moreover, he set before him, as that which he should copy: 2 .... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 17:1
Jehoshaphat ascended the throne in the fourth year of Ahab 1 Kings 22:41, probably after that monarch had contracted his alliance with the royal family of Sidon, and before he was engaged in war with Syria. It was thus not unnatural that Jehoshaphat should begin his reign by strengthening himself against a possible attack on the part of his northern neighbor. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 17:3
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 his later ways. The real meaning of the writer is, that Jehoshaphat followed the example set by his father Asa in his earlier years 2 Chronicles 14:1-15; 2 Chronicles 15:0.Baalim - On the plural form, see 1 Kings 18:18 note. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 17:1
2 Chronicles 17:1. Jehoshaphat strengthened himself against Israel Against the king and people of Israel, who had molested the kingdom of Judah with wars all the days of Asa, after that sin of his, mentioned 2 Chronicles 16:2, &c. Ahab had now been three years upon the throne of Israel, an active, warlike prince. The vigour of the beginning of his reign falling in with the decay of the conclusion of Asa’s, it is probable the kingdom of Israel had of late gained ground of the kingdom... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 17:2
2 Chronicles 17:2. And set garrisons in the cities which Asa had taken We do not read of any cities which Asa took; but Abijah his father possessed himself of several, which Asa kept and took for his own, 2 Chronicles 13:19. And, it appears, Jehoshaphat put such forces in them as might secure them to himself. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 17:3-4
2 Chronicles 17:3-4. 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 he lived, fully retrieved the spiritual strength and comfort which he had lost. Jehoshaphat followed David as far as he followed God, and no farther. St. Paul himself thus limits our imitation of him, 1 Corinthians 11:1, Follow me, as I follow Christ, and not otherwise. The ... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 17:1-9
The first chapter of Jehoshaphat's career. Although to the end Jehoshaphat was neither an unfaithful king nor an unfaithful man, and certainly no apostate, yet the first chapter of his career reads the best. The mounting of the sun was fine, but clouds hung about the noonday sun, and the setting was not a sky of perfect western glory. The unfolding of the bud looked towards a perfect flower, but some blight seemed to visit it, and some worm was in the fruit. The three chief features of... read more