2 Chronicles 18:1

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 18:1

Now. &c. This chapter is complementary to 1 Kings 22:0 . riches and honour in abundance. This is repeated from 2 Chronicles 17:5 , to show that there was no need for any alliance of any kind. joined affinity. By marrying his son Jehoram to Athaliah the daughter of Ahab (2 Chronicles 21:6 ; 2 Kings 8:18 ). Contrast 2 Chronicles 17:1 , where he began by strengthening himself against Ahab, and now "joined affinity" with him. See App-55 . Compare Asa's alliance with Syria (1 Kings 15:17-19... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 18:1

JEHOSHAPHAT'S UNHOLY ALLIANCE WITH THE WICKED AHAB;JEHOSHAPHAT ACCEPTS AHAB'S INVITATION TO AID IN THE WAR TO RECOVER RAMOTH-GILEAD FROM SYRIA"Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab. And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that were with him, and moved him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead. And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou... 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 18:1

(1) Now Jehoshaphat had.—And Jehoshaphat got.Riches and honour in abundance.—Repeated from 2 Chronicles 17:5.And joined affinity with Ahab.—He married his son Jehoram to Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (2 Chronicles 21:6; 1 Kings 18:8). The high degree of prosperity to which the king of Judah had attained is indicated by the fact that so powerful a monarch as Ahab entered into such an intimate connection with him. (The vav of the second clause is not adversative, as Zöckler asserts, but... 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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 18:1

18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined {a} affinity with Ahab.(a) For Joram Jehoshaphat’s son married Ahab’s daughter. read more

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