2 Chronicles 18:1
in 2 Chronicles 18Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
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ASV
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.
KJV
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 18
Commentary
4 notes on this verseNow Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance,.... Still more and more, see 2Ch 17:5, and which moved Ahab to desire friendship and affinity with him, to which Jehoshaphat agreed: and joined affinity with Ahab; king of Israel, married his son Joram to Athaliah, a daughter of Ahab by Jezebel of Zidon; which marriage proved of bad consequence to Jehoshaphat and his family.
This site's exposition
joined affinity with Ahab
on 2 Chronicles 18:1-2
Chronicles supplies its own opening the parallel account never gives: Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance before he joined affinity with Ahab, so the wealth from chapter 17 and the marriage stand side by side in one sentence. The affinity is the marriage of Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram to Athaliah, a daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, a match that hands Judah's throne to a daughter of the house of Omri in chapter 22. Ahab's feast at Samaria, sheep and oxen killed in abundance, is the hospitality that persuades Jehoshaphat toward Ramoth-gilead, and the narrator lets the reader see the price of the alliance before the campaign it produces even begins.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Jehoshaphat had riches and honor - The preceding chapter gives ample proof of this. Joined affinity with Ahab - Took his daughter Athalia to be wife to his son Joram.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The present chapter runs parallel with Kings, which it closely follows, only adding a few touches.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And he went down at the end of years And in I Kings (22:2) it is written: “And it was in the third year, that Jehoshaphat came down, etc.” This refers to the third year since he had released Ben Hadad (ibid.:34).
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֧י | vayhi | and it belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט | lihoshafat | to Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| עֹ֥שֶׁר | ʾosher | wealth | H6239 → | 37 times |
| וְכָב֖וֹד | vekhavod | and honor | H3519 → | 200 times |
| לָרֹ֑ב | laro | to abundance | H7230 → | 149 times |
| וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֖ן | vaiyitchaten | and he became son-in-law | H2859 → | |
| לְאַחְאָֽב׃ | leachav | to Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
וַיְהִ֧יand it belonged
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛טto Jehoshaphat
lihoshafatH3092 →84 times
עֹ֥שֶׁרwealth
ʾosherH6239 →37 times
וְכָב֖וֹדand honor
vekhavodH3519 →200 times
לָרֹ֑בto abundance
laroH7230 →149 times
וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֖ןand he became son-in-law
vaiyitchatenH2859 →
לְאַחְאָֽב׃to Ahab
leachavH256 →92 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
2 Chronicles 17:5So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor.
it leads to
- Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Psalms 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
- Matthew 2:11
On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense…
- Job 42:12
So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
- Matthew 6:33
Through
2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu 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…
it leads to
- Psalms 139:21–22
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
- 2 John 1:10–11
If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
- 2 Chronicles 18:3
Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in…
- Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Psalms 139:21–22
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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); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.