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2 Chronicles 18:5

in 2 Chronicles 18

So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.

KJV

Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king’s hand.

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Commentary

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on 2 Chronicles 18:4-6

Jehoshaphat asks for the word of the LORD before any battle plan. Ahab brings four hundred prophets, and they answer with one voice, “Go up”, promising that God will hand the city to the king. Jehoshaphat still asks whether there is “a prophet of the LORD” they can consult.

This site's exposition

assembled the prophets, four hundred men

Ahab gathers four hundred prophets, and their answer is unanimous. Henry asks with what face Ahab, whose title to the crown was usurped, could ask the heir of David to help him recover the city. By right, Henry holds, it belonged to Jehoshaphat.

The words behind it

23 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.

  • וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץand he assembled

    vaiyikbotzH6908 →127 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֶֽת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַנְּבִאִים֮the prophets

    haneviimH5030 →314 times

  • אַרְבַּ֣עfour

    ʾarba'H702 →318 times

  • מֵא֣וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • אִישׁ֒man

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֲלֵהֶ֗םto them

    ʾalehemH413 →5510 times

  • הֲנֵלֵ֞ךְ¿ will we go

    hanelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • אֶל־against

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • רָמֹ֥תRamoth

    ramotH7418 →22 times

  • גִּלְעָ֛דGilead

    giladH1568 →134 times

  • לַמִּלְחָמָ֖הfor <the> battle

    lamilchamahH4421 →320 times

  • אִם־or?

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • אֶחְדָּ֑לwill I desist

    ʾechdalH2308 →58 times

  • וַיֹּאמְר֣וּand they said

    vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times

  • עֲלֵ֔הgo up

    ʾalehH5927 →890 times

  • וְיִתֵּ֥ןso he may give [it]

    veyitenH5414 →2011 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • בְּיַ֥דin [the] hand of

    beyadH3027 →1618 times

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

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

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

    2 Timothy 4:3

    For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

    it leads to

    • 2 Peter 2:1–3

      Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…

    • 2 Timothy 3:1–6

      But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

    • 1 Timothy 4:1–3

      Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

    • 1 Timothy 1:10

      for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

    • Galatians 4:16

      Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

  • Through

    Revelation 19:20

    But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and…

    it leads to

    • Revelation 20:10

      And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day…

    • Revelation 21:8

      But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…

    • 2 Thessalonians 2:8–11

      And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

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.

This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.