2 Chronicles 19:2
in 2 Chronicles 19Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
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ASV
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate Jehovah? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before Jehovah.
KJV
And 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 the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 19
Commentary
7 notes on this verseJehu the son of Hanani - We have met with this prophet before; see the note on 1Ki 16:7. Therefore is wrath upon thee - That is, Thou deservest to be punished. And who can doubt this, who knows that he did help the ungodly, and did love them that hated Jehovah? And is not the wrath of God upon all those alliances which his people form with the ungodly, whether they be social, matrimonial, commercial, or political?
This site's exposition
Should you help the wicked
on 2 Chronicles 19:2-3
Jehu son of Hanani meets the king with a question: “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD?” His father Hanani was the prophet Asa jailed for an unwelcome warning. Now the son confronts Asa's son over an alliance with a house that hates the LORD.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Which he did partly by stirring up the Moabites, and others to invade him, chap. xx, 1, partly by permitting his eldest son Jehoram to kill all his brethren, chap. xxi, 4, and principally by bringing that almost general destruction upon his grand- children by Jehu, 2 Kings ix, 27; x, 13, 14, which was the fruit of his alliance with Ahab.
Those whom the grace of God has dignified ought not to debase themselves. Let God's people be of God's mind. (2.) That God was displeased with him for doing this: " There is wrath upon thee from before the Lord, and thou must, by repentance, make thy peace with him, or it will be the worse for thee." He did so, and God's anger was turned away.
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
He apprised Jehoshaphat that, on account of that grave offense, "wrath was upon him from before the Lord," a judgment that was inflicted soon after (see on 2Ch 20:1-37).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Jehu ... went out to meet him - Compare 2Ch 15:2. The monarch was therefore rebuked at the earliest possible moment, and in the most effective way, as he was entering his capital at the head of his returning army. Jehu, 35 years previously, had worked in the northern kingdom, and prophesied against Baasha 1Ki 16:1-7, but had now come to Jerusalem, as prophet and historian (compare 2Ch 20:34). Shouldest thou help ... - As a matter of mere human policy, the conduct of Jehoshaphat in joining Ahab against the Syrians was not only justifiable but wise and prudent. And the reasonings upon which such a policy was founded would have been unexceptionable but for one circumstance. Ahab was an idolater, and had introduced into his kingdom a false religion of a new and most degraded type. This should have led Jehoshaphat to reject his alliance. Military success could only come from the blessing and protection of Yahweh, which such an alliance, if persisted in, was sure to forfeit.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּצֵ֣א | vaiyetze' | and he went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פָּנָ֗יו | panav | face his | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יֵה֣וּא | yehu' | Jehu | H3058 → | 58 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֲנָ֘נִי֮ | chanani | Hanani | H2607 → | 11 times |
| הַחֹזֶה֒ | hachozeh | the seer | H2374 → | 17 times |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔ט | yehoshafat | Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| הֲלָרָשָׁ֣ע | halarasha' | ¿ <to> the wicked | H7563 → | |
| לַעְזֹ֔ר | la'zor | to help | H5826 → | 81 times |
| וּלְשֹׂנְאֵ֥י | ulesoneei | and <to> [those who] hate | H8130 → | 146 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | <of> Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| תֶּאֱהָ֑ב | teehav | will you love? | H157 → | 211 times |
| וּבָזֹאת֙ | uvazot | and by this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| עָלֶ֣יךָ | ʾaleikha | [is] towards you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| קֶּ֔צֶף | ketzef | wrath | H7110 → | 29 times |
| מִלִּפְנֵ֖י | milifnei | from to before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיֵּצֵ֣אand he went out
vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פָּנָ֗יוface his
panavH6440 →2123 times
יֵה֣וּאJehu
yehu'H3058 →58 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
חֲנָ֘נִי֮Hanani
chananiH2607 →11 times
הַחֹזֶה֒the seer
hachozehH2374 →17 times
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔טJehoshaphat
yehoshafatH3092 →84 times
הֲלָרָשָׁ֣ע¿ <to> the wicked
halarasha'H7563 →
לַעְזֹ֔רto help
la'zorH5826 →81 times
וּלְשֹׂנְאֵ֥יand <to> [those who] hate
ulesoneeiH8130 →146 times
יְהוָ֖ה<of> Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
תֶּאֱהָ֑בwill you love?
teehavH157 →211 times
וּבָזֹאת֙and by this
uvazotH2063 →603 times
עָלֶ֣יךָ[is] towards you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
קֶּ֔צֶףwrath
ketzefH7110 →29 times
מִלִּפְנֵ֖יfrom to before
milifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
it leads to
- 1 John 2:15–16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- Romans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- John 15:19
If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
- Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and…
- Galatians 1:10
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- 1 John 2:15–16
Through
Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
it leads to
- Romans 13:12
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- 1 Timothy 5:20
But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received…
- Romans 13:12
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.