2 Chronicles 18:3 - Exposition

I am as thou , etc. The same unqualified kind of language was used By Jehoshaphat on another occasion ( 2 Kings 3:7 ), two years later, when Jehoram, son of the deceased Ahab, also asked his help against Moab. Whether on the one occasion or the other, it is quite possible that Jehoshaphat thought he was serving common interests, and the cause of his own kingdom, as well as of Israel; nevertheless "Jehu the son of Hanani the seer" ignores the supposed justification ( 2 Chronicles 19:2 ).