2 Chronicles 19:1-7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:1-4

Here is, I. The great favour God showed to Jehoshaphat, 1. In bringing him back in safety from his dangerous expedition with Ahab, which had like to have cost him dearly (2 Chron. 19:1): He returned to his house in peace. Notice is taken of this to intimate, (1.) That he fared better than he had expected. He had been in imminent peril, and yet came home in peace. Whenever we return in peace to our houses we ought to acknowledge God's providence in preserving our going out and our coming in.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:5-11

Jehoshaphat, having done what he could to make his people good, is here providing, if possible, to keep them so by the influence of a settled magistracy. He had sent preachers among them, to instruct them (2 Chron. 17:7-9), and that provision did well; but now he saw it further requisite to send judges among them, to see the laws put in execution, and to be a terror to evil-doers. It is probable that there were judges up and down the country before, but either they neglected their business or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:1

And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned ,.... From Ramothgilead, after Ahab was slain: to his house in peace in Jerusalem ; to his palace there in safety, having narrowly escaped losing his life in the battle. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer ,.... The son of him that reproved Asa, for which he put him in prison, 2 Chronicles 17:7 , but that did not deter this his son from reproving Jehoshaphat: went out to meet him ; as he was returning: and said to King Jehoshaphat, shouldest thou help the ungodly ; such an one as Ahab, an idolater, murderer, and persecutor: and love them that hate the Lord ? his laws, worship, and ordinances, as he had; intimating, that he had done wrong, by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless, there are good things found in thee ,.... Principles of grace, righteousness, and holiness, faith, love, zeal, and other graces, true and genuine, from whence sprung many good works done by him: in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land ; cut down the groves of trees, and destroyed the idols and images in them: and hast prepared thine heart to seek God ; through the grace of God his heart was disposed to serve and worship the Lord, and to seek his honour... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:4

And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem ,.... And went out no more to Samaria, nor concerned himself about the affairs of Israel, but attended to his own: and he went out again through the people ; took a tour throughout his dominions now, in his own person, as before by his princes, with the priests and Levites: from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim ; Beersheba was the southern boundary of the land of Judah, and Mount Ephraim lay to the north, and was the northern boundary of it since the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:5

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city ,.... Inferior judges in lesser courts of judicature than that at Jerusalem, and that in every city, that judgment and justice might be executed everywhere; such were appointed by David, but had been neglected, and now restored, see 1 Chronicles 26:29 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:6

And said to the judges, take heed what you do ,.... In judgment, that they judged righteous judgment according to the law of God, without partiality and respect of persons: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord ; not for man only, but for the Lord; and not so much for man as for the Lord, whom they represented in judgment; whose law was the rule of their judgment, and whose glory their end, and to whom they were accountable: who is with you in the judgment : as to guide and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:7

Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you ,.... And act as having that before your eyes, and on your hearts: take heed and do it ; do the commands enjoined them by him, and do judgment according to the law of God: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God ; none in his nature, nor in his law; none commanded nor approved of by him, and therefore none should be done by his representatives in judgment: nor respect of persons ; whether high or low, rich or poor: nor... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 19:1

Returned to his house in peace - That is, in safety, notwithstanding he had been exposed to a danger so imminent, from which only the especial mercy of God could have saved him. read more

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