2 Chronicles 18:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. ”

• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And the Lord helped him ... - There is nothing correspondent to this passage in Kings. It is a pious reflection on the part of the author, who traces all deliverance to its real divine source.

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It [is] the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat (t) cried out, and the...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The alliance between Jehoshaphat and Ahab against Syria; their defeat. See notes on 1 Kings 22:1-35 ; the variations are unimportant.

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. helped him: i.e. Jehoshaphat, for Jehovah was his Covenant God. God moved them. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. He stood, to the Syrians, only in the relation of...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LOR...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Reign of Jehoshaphat (continued) This.c reproduces 1 Kings 22:1-35 with very slight differences.

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  JEHOSHAPHAT-THE DOCTRINE OF NONRESISTANCE 2 Chronicles 17:1-19 ; 2 Chronicles 18:1-34 ; 2 Chronicles 19:1-11 ; 2 Chronicles 20:1-37 ASA was succeeded by his son Jehoshaphat, and his reign be...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  These Chapter s contain the story of a strange lapse in the history of Jehoshaphat, and also of his repentance and restoration. Ahab was king in Israel, perhaps the most evil that ever sat on the thr...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  This account is so similar, as far as it goes, to what is related in the book of the Kings already referred to, that I do not think it necessary to make any further observations, unless it be on that...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  2 Chronicles 18:2 .

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It [is] the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LOR...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A.M. 3107. B.C. 897. Jehoshaphat joins affinity with Ahab, and consents to go with him to Ramoth- gilead, 2 Chronicles 18:1-3 . The false prophets promise them success, 2 Chronicles 18:4-11...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  JEHOSHAPHAT'S COMPROMISES (vv.1-27) Though Jehoshaphat had at first strengthened himself against Israel (ch.1:17), his decision wavered badly after he had become strong and wealthy. He became fr...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Ahab Slain in Battle. B. C. 897.       28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter relates Jehoshaphat’s alliance with Ahab ( 2 Chronicles 18:1-3 ); induced to go to Ram.-gil. ( 2 Chronicles 18:4-11 ); Micaiah’s adverse prediction ( 2 Chronicles 18:12-...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  2 Chronicles 18:1 . Jehoshaphat had riches and honour. In his, and in the reign of other good kings, we see how righteousness aggrandizes a country, and exalts its character. The whole of this ch...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to-day. Divine truth and its typical reception Here are four types of human conduct in relation to Di...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This chapter, from its second verse, finds its parallel in 1 Kings 22:2-11 . It opens with dangerous symptoms, recording in one sentence the event that was to bear ill fruit, if not...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Syrians Defeat Israel

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Chronicles 13:14 ; 2 Chronicles 14:11 ; 2 Chronicles 26:7 ; 2 Corinthians 1:10 ; 2 Corinthians 1:9 ; Exodus 14:10 ; Ezra 1:1 ; Ezra 7:27 ; Nehemiah 1:11 ; Proverbs 16:7 ; Proverbs 21:1 ;...

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• 2 Chronicles 18:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Cried out — He cried out, either to his friends to help, or to his enemies, to let them know, he was not the king of Israel: or to God, and not in vain; for he moved the captains to depart from him...

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