2 Chronicles 18:29
in 2 Chronicles 18And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle.
KJV
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 18
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
went up to Ramoth-gilead
on 2 Chronicles 18:28-31
Verse 31 adds a line Kings lacks: “Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him”. Barnes counts it among the Chronicler's additions, and Jehoshaphat turns to God the same way at 20:12, when he says Judah's eyes are on Him.
This site's exposition
I will disguise myself
Ahab disguises himself and still marches into the battle Micaiah foretold. Jehoshaphat alone wears royal robes. Henry asks what can shelter those whom God will destroy.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I will disguise myself - See the note on 1Ki 22:30.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמֶר֩ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מֶ֨לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט | yehoshafat | Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ | hitchapes | I will disguise myself | H2664 → | 23 times |
| וָב֣וֹא | vavo' | and I will go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | vamilchamah | in <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| וְאַתָּ֖ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| לְבַ֣שׁ | levash | wear | H3847 → | 110 times |
| בְּגָדֶ֑יךָ | begadeikha | own clothes your | H899 → | 217 times |
| וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ | vaiyitchapes | and he disguised himself | H2664 → | 23 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | vaiyavou | and they went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ | bamilchamah | in <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
וַיֹּאמֶר֩and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
מֶ֨לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טJehoshaphat
yehoshafatH3092 →84 times
הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙I will disguise myself
hitchapesH2664 →23 times
וָב֣וֹאand I will go
vavo'H935 →2568 times
בַמִּלְחָמָ֔הin <the> battle
vamilchamahH4421 →320 times
וְאַתָּ֖הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
לְבַ֣שׁwear
levashH3847 →110 times
בְּגָדֶ֑יךָown clothes your
begadeikhaH899 →217 times
וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙and he disguised himself
vaiyitchapesH2664 →23 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּand they went
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃in <the> battle
bamilchamahH4421 →320 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
it leads to
- Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Psalms 139:7
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
- Psalms 90:8
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- Isaiah 29:15
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
- Amos 9:2–3
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
- Proverbs 15:3
Through
1 Samuel 28:8So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 22:30
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 8:19
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
- 1 Kings 22:30
Through
Job 24:15The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
it leads to
- Psalms 10:11
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Psalms 10:11
About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
