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2 Chronicles 18

2 Chron. 18:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Nowu Jehoshaphat
Yhowshaphat (Hebrew #3092)
Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem
KJV usage: Jehoshaphat. Compare 3146.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'
Origin: from 3068 and 8199
had riches
`osher (Hebrew #6239)
wealth
KJV usage: X far (richer), riches.
Pronounce: o'-sher
Origin: from 6238
and honor
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
in abundance
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
, and joinedv affinity
chathan (Hebrew #2859)
to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
KJV usage: join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
Pronounce: khaw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
with Ahab
'Ach'ab (Hebrew #256)
from {SI 10251}251{/SI} and 1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
KJV usage: Ahab.
Pronounce: akh-awb'
Origin: once (by contraction) oEchab (Jer. 29:22) {ekh- awb'}
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2 Chron. 17:5• 5And Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave gifts to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and honour in abundance. (2 Chron. 17:5)
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2 Kings 8:18• 18And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah. (2 Kings 8:18)
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2 Cor. 6:14• 14Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of light with darkness? (2 Cor. 6:14)

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Affinity,
Ahab,
Jehoshaphat

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  Jehoshaphat, joined in affinity with Ahab, is persuaded to go with him against Ramoth-gilead.
4-34:  Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slain there.
A.M. 3107.
B.C. 897.
riches.
2 Chron. 1:11‑15• 11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of them that hate thee, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked for thyself wisdom and knowledge, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
 12wisdom and knowledge are granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches and wealth and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall any after thee have the like.
 13Then Solomon came back from the high place at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and reigned over Israel.
 14And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
 15And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance. (2 Chron. 1:11‑15)
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2 Chron. 17:5,12• 5And Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave gifts to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and honour in abundance.
 12And Jehoshaphat waxed exceeding great; and he built in Judah castles and store-cities. (2 Chron. 17:5,12)
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Matt. 6:33• 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matt. 6:33)
joined affinity.He took Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab, to be wife to his son Joram, (2 Ki 8:18;) which fatal connection was highly displeasing to God, and Jehoshaphat was severely reproved for it by Jehu the seer, 2 Ch 19:1-3.
2 Chron. 18:31• 31And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, That is the king of Israel; and they surrounded him to fight; and Jehoshaphat cried out, and Jehovah helped him; and God diverted them from him. (2 Chron. 18:31)
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2 Chron. 19:2• 2And Jehu the son of Hanani, the seer, went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate Jehovah? Therefore is wrath upon thee from Jehovah. (2 Chron. 19:2)
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2 Chron. 21:6• 6And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah. (2 Chron. 21:6)
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2 Chron. 22:2‑3• 2Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Athaliah, daughter of Omri.
 3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. (2 Chron. 22:2‑3)
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1 Kings 16:31‑33• 31And it came to pass, as if it was a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshipped him.
 32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
 33And Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did more to provoke Jehovah the God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. (1 Kings 16:31‑33)
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1 Kings 21:25• 25(Surely there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, Jezebel his wife urging him on. (1 Kings 21:25)
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2 Kings 8:18,26‑27• 18And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah.
 26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
 27And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of Jehovah, like the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab. (2 Kings 8:18,26‑27)
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2 Kings 11:1• 1And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose up and destroyed all the royal seed. (2 Kings 11:1)
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2 Cor. 6:14• 14Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of light with darkness? (2 Cor. 6:14)
• This chapter which is the exact reproduction of 1 Kings 22. (“Jehoshaphat - The Covenant With Ahab: 2 Chronicles 18” by H.L. Rossier)
• Jehoshaphat's prosperity is a snare to him; for possessing earthly goods, even when given by God, easily orients our natural hearts towards the world and its alliances. (“Jehoshaphat - The Covenant With Ahab: 2 Chronicles 18” by H.L. Rossier)
• Such alliances profoundly mar our spiritual vision: we begin by excusing those who are, in fact, the enemies of God and of His people; then we act in concert with them! (“Jehoshaphat - The Covenant With Ahab: 2 Chronicles 18” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.