2 Chronicles 19:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. ”

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jehu the prophet reproves Jehoshaphat for having allied himself with Ahab. These verses are mainly from the Chronicler, but see 1 Kings 16:1 ff. 2 Chronicles 19:4-11 . This section, a kind of...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fear . reverence. See note on 2 Chronicles 19:7 above.
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Jehoshaphat (continued) The chapter narrates how Jehoshaphat was reproved by the seer Jehu for helping Ahab, and how he instituted judges in the cities of Judah. This chapter is entirely...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thus. — Viz., as 2 Chronicles 19:10 explains. Them. — The members of the Superior Court; just as the ordinary judges had been charged ( 2 Chronicles 19:6-7 ). Perfect heart. — i.e., integr...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - 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...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Returning to Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat was rebuked by Jehu, the son of Hanani, in words which it would be well for all of us perpetually to bear in mind: "Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them t...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We hear of no complaint nor anger in Jehoshaphat, like that of Asa at the reproof of the prophet. But we find on the contrary, his heart setting about a greater reform in his kingdom. He abides at ho...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he charged them ,.... The members of the court at Jerusalem: saying, thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart ; judge righteously and impartially, as men...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. Ver. 9. In the fear of the Lord, faithfully. ] The fear of the Lord will make you faith...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Faithfully, and with a perfect heart Passing such sentences with your lips, as your consciences, upon the hearing of the parties, shall judge to be just, and not acting against your consciences thr...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JEHOSHAPHAT REPROVED (vv.1-3) Jehoshaphat's experience with Ahab ought to have been enough to speak deeply to him as to the folly of bad associations, but God knew he needed more than experience...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the L ORD , who i...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Passing such sentences with your months, as your own minds and consciences, upon the hearing of the parties, shall judge to be just, and not acting against your own consciences for carnal motives, as...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter is entirely additional to Kings, and of great interest. It deals with three matters only, the rebuke addressed to Jehosh. by the profit Jehu ( 2 Chronicles 19:1-3 ); the...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS . Wisdom is well bought, if it be not bought too dear. Jehoshaphat returned from the battle at Ramoth-gilead, beaten indeed by the Assyrians, but more so by the reproaches of his own min...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. Jehoshaphat’s declension and recovery I. God makes a difference between a backslidden child and an apostate. 1....
2 Chronicles 19:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The matter of this chapter is preserved for us by the writer of Chronicles alone, and is of much significance. After glancing at the moment's outward "peace" ( 2 Chronicles 19:1 ), wh...
2 Chronicles 19:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges and Levites in Judah
2 Chronicles 19:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 19:7 ; 2 Samuel 23:3 ; Deuteronomy 1:16 ; Deuteronomy 1:17 ; Isaiah 11:3-5 ; Isaiah 32:1

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 19:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 19:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 19:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 19:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 19:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 19:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 19:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 19:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge