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2 Chronicles 18:33

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However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said to the driver of the chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.

KJV

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 18

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

A certain man drew a bow - The Targum tells us who it was. “Now, Naaman, the captain of the host of the great king of Syria, drew a bow against him, (that the prophecy of Elijah the Tishbite, and of Micaiah the son of Imla, might be fulfilled), and smote the king of Israel between the heart and the caul of the liver, through the place where the coat of mail is joined.” See the note on 2Ki 5:1 for this tradition.

This site's exposition

they turned back from pursuing him

on 2 Chronicles 18:32-34

Then “a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim” and struck Ahab. The Targum, Clarke records, names the archer Naaman and reads the shot as fulfilling both Elijah's word and Micaiah's. Chronicles ends with Ahab's death at sunset, leaving out the closing notice of 1 Kings 22:37-40.

This site's exposition

drew his bow without taking

Henry sets the two kings side by side: Jehoshaphat safe in his robes, and Ahab killed in his armour. The arrow was shot at random and found the one gap in the armour. No disguise could hide him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

What can hurt those whom God will protect? And what can shelter those whom God will destroy? Jehoshaphat is safe in his robes, Ahab killed in his armour; for the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

With him he joined in affinity, that is, married his son Jehoram to Ahab's daughter Athaliah. This was the worst match that ever was made by any of the house of David. I wonder what Jehoshaphat could promise himself by it.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְאִ֗ישׁand someone

    veishH376 →1663 times

  • מָשַׁ֤ךְhe drew

    mashakhH4900 →

  • בַּקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙on the bow

    bakeshetH7198 →76 times

  • לְתֻמּ֔וֹto innocence his

    letumoH8537 →

  • וַיַּךְ֙and he struck

    vaiyakhH5221 →499 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • בֵּ֥יןbetween

    beinH996 →407 times

  • הַדְּבָקִ֖יםthe joints

    hadevakimH1694 →

  • וּבֵ֣יןand between

    uveinH996 →407 times

  • הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ןthe body armor

    hashiryanH8302 →

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • לָֽרַכָּ֗בto the charioteer

    larakavH7395 →

  • הֲפֹ֧ךְturn around

    hafokhH2015 →

  • יָדְךָ֛hand your

    yadeikhaH3027 →1618 times

  • וְהוֹצֵאתַ֥נִיand you will take out me

    vehotzetaniH3318 →1067 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הthe camp

    hamachanehH4264 →215 times

  • כִּ֥יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃I have been wounded

    hocholeitiH2470 →76 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

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    Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter.

    it leads to

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      As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the…

    • 1 Samuel 22:15

      Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew…

    • Romans 16:18–19

      For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 35:23

    There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 22:34

      However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and…

    • Lamentations 3:13

      He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

    • Genesis 49:23

      The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

    • 2 Kings 8:29

      So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king…

    • 2 Kings 9:24

      Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).

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