the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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2 Cronica 18:1
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am 3107, bc 897
riches: 2 Chronicles 1:11-15, 2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 17:12, Matthew 6:33
joined affinity: He took Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab, to be wife to his son Joram - 2 Kings 8:18, which fatal connection was highly displeasing to God, and Jehoshaphat was severely reproved for it by Jehu the seer, 2 Chronicles 19:1-3. 2 Chronicles 18:31, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 21:6, 2 Chronicles 22:2, 2 Chronicles 22:3, 1 Kings 16:31-33, 1 Kings 21:25, 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Kings 8:26, 2 Kings 8:27, 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Corinthians 6:14
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:1 - affinity 1 Kings 22:2 - Jehoshaphat
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance,.... Still more and more, see 2 Chronicles 17:5, and which moved Ahab to desire friendship and affinity with him, to which Jehoshaphat agreed:
and joined affinity with Ahab; king of Israel, married his son Joram to Athaliah, a daughter of Ahab by Jezebel of Zidon; which marriage proved of bad consequence to Jehoshaphat and his family.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The present chapter runs parallel with Kings, which it closely follows, only adding a few touches.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XVIII
Jehoshaphat joins affinity with Ahab, king of Israel, 1, 2;
who invites him to assist him in the war against the Syrians,
to which Jehoshaphat agrees, 3.
They consult the prophets concerning the success of the war;
and all, except Micaiah, promise Ahab victory, 4-17.
Micaiah relates his vision concerning the lying spirit in the
mouth of Ahab's prophets, 18-22.
Zedekiah, a false prophet, opposes Micaiah; and Micaiah is put
in prison, 23-27.
Both the kings go against the Syrians; the confederate armies
are defeated, and the king of Israel slain, 28-31.
NOTES ON CHAP. XVIII
Verse 2 Chronicles 18:1. Jehoshaphat had riches and honour — The preceding chapter gives ample proof of this.
Joined affinity with Ahab. — Took his daughter Athalia to be wife to his son Joram.