2 Chronicles 18:8-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 18:1-34

The reign of Jehoshaphat (17:1-20:37)Jehoshaphat carried on the reform that Asa began, by destroying all the Baal shrines that remained in Judah (17:1-6; cf. 15:17). Positively, he educated the people in the law of God by forming an official group of instructors whom he sent around Judah’s towns and villages. The group consisted of civil leaders, priests and Levites (7-9). He also fortified Judah’s defences and enlarged its army, so that neighbouring countries feared to attack it... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 18:9

prophesied before them. Jehoshaphat well knowing that they were not the prophets of Jehovah. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 18:9

THE FALSE PRIESTS PUT ON THEIR ACT"Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophts were prophesying before them. And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians until they be consumed. And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper;... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 18:1-34

3. Jehoshaphat and Ahab ch. 18This chapter is very similar to 1 Kings 22. Jehoshaphat’s concern for God’s will guided his actions (2 Chronicles 18:4; 2 Chronicles 18:6). For other instances of prophets providing war oracles for the Divine Warrior, see 2 Chronicles 11:1-4; 1 Kings 20:13; 1 Kings 20:28; 2 Kings 3:11-19; 2 Kings 6:12-22; 2 Kings 7:1-7; 2 Kings 13:14-20; and 2 Chronicles 20:14-19. The Chronicler undoubtedly wanted to encourage his audience toward repentance and restoration by... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 18:1-34

Reign of Jehoshaphat (continued)This.c reproduces 1 Kings 22:1-35 with very slight differences.31. The Lord helped him] This, which is an addition to the narrative of Kings, seems to imply that the writer regarded Jehoshaphat’s cry as a prayer for help, which God answered, as explained in the next v. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 18:8

(8) Called for one of his officers.—Literally, Called to a eunuch. (See on 1 Chronicles 28:1.)Micaiah—Hebrew text, Mîkâhû, a contracted form. The Hebrew margin substitutes the usual spelling. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 18:9

(9) And the king of Israel . . . sat either of them on his throne.—Rather, Now the king of Israel . . . were sitting each on his throne.Clothed in their robes.—The pronoun, which is indispensable if this be the meaning, is wanting in the Hebrew. The Syriac has probably preserved the original reading: “Clothed in raiment spotted white and black.” (Vid. infr.)And they sat.—Were sitting. Explanatory addition by chronicler.A void place.—A threshingfloor. LXX., ἐν τῷ εὐρυχώρῳ, “in the open ground;”... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Chronicles 18:1-34

The Advantage of an Indirect Aim 2 Chronicles 18:33 I. The story connected with this passage is a very suggestive one. Ahab, King of Israel, was regarded by the righteous as the enemy of God, and by all classes as the enemy of man. Elaborate plans were laid to put down his influence. These all failed. Every effort to arrest his baleful hand proved abortive. A whole army tried it. They directed all their arrows toward the one man; but they all missed him. At last a strange thing happened. An... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 18:1-34

JEHOSHAPHAT-THE DOCTRINE OF NONRESISTANCE2 Chronicles 17:1-19; 2 Chronicles 18:1-34; 2 Chronicles 19:1-11; 2 Chronicles 20:1-37ASA was succeeded by his son Jehoshaphat, and his reign began even more auspiciously than that of Asa. The new king had apparently taken warning from the misfortunes of Asa’s closing years; and as he was thirty-five years old when he came to the throne, he had been trained before Asa fell under the Divine displeasure. He walked in the first ways of his father David,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Chronicles 18:1-34

CHAPTER 18 Jehoshaphat’s Sinful Alliance with Ahab 1. The alliance with Ahab (2 Chronicles 18:1-3 ) 2. Ahab’s false prophets (2 Chronicles 18:4-11 ) 3. Micaiah’s prophecy (2 Chronicles 18:12-27 ) 4. The fatal battle at Ramoth-Gilead (2 Chronicles 18:28-34 ) The same record also appears in 1 Kings 22:0 , to which the reader may turn for further annotations. Jehoshaphat’s prosperity became a snare to him. Riches and honor he had in abundance. No doubt lifted up in his heart and self... read more

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