2 Chronicles 18:19 BSB

2 Chronicles 18:19

And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.

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ASV

And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

KJV

And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth–gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִ֤י	mi	who?	H4310 →
יְפַתֶּה֙	ye.fa.Teh	will he deceive	H6601 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אַחְאָ֣ב	'ach.'Av	Ahab	H256 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְיַ֕עַל	ve.Ya.'al	so he may go up	H5927 →
וְיִפֹּ֖ל	ve.yi.Pol	and he may fall	H5307 →
בְּרָמ֣וֹת	be.ra.Mot	at Ramoth	H7418 →
גִּלְעָ֑ד	gil.'Ad	Gilead	H1568 →
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
זֶ֚ה	zeh	this one	H2088 →
אֹמֵ֣ר	'o.Mer	[was] saying	H559 →
כָּ֔כָה	Ka.khah	thus	H3602 →
וְזֶ֖ה	ve.Zeh	and this one	H2088 →
אֹמֵ֥ר	'o.Mer	[was] saying	H559 →
כָּֽכָה׃	Ka.khah	thus	H3602 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 14:9
But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My…
leads to
- Ezekiel 20:25
  I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.
- Jeremiah 4:10
  Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
- Isaiah 63:16
  Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12
  The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
- Isaiah 9:17
  Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite…
Through
2 Chronicles 25:19
You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 26:16
  But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar…
- 2 Chronicles 32:25
  But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Through
Job 12:16
True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
leads to
- 1 Kings 22:22–23
  And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’