2 Chronicles 19:1
in 2 Chronicles 19When Jehoshaphat king of Judah had returned safely to his home in Jerusalem,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
KJV
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 19
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Jehoshaphat ... returned to his house in peace - With the battle of Ramoth-Gilead, and the death of Ahab, the war came to an end. The combined attack of the two kings having failed, their troops had been withdrawn, and the enterprise in which they had joined relinquished. The Syrians, satisfied with their victory, did not press on the retreating foe, or carry the war into their enemies’ country.
This site's exposition
returned to his house in peace
Jehoshaphat comes home from Ramoth-gilead, where he survived the battle that killed Ahab. The alliance itself belongs to chapter 18, already carried in full from the parallel account in 1 Kings 22, and Chronicles adds nothing to that story here. What it adds is what happens the moment the king is home.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned,.... From Ramothgilead, after Ahab was slain: to his house in peace in Jerusalem; to his palace there in safety, having narrowly escaped losing his life in the battle.
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).
Returned to his house in peace - That is, in safety, notwithstanding he had been exposed to a danger so imminent, from which only the especial mercy of God could have saved him.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַ֠יָּשָׁב | vaiyasho | and he returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| יְהוֹשָׁפָ֨ט | yehoshafat | Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֧ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בֵּית֛וֹ | beito | house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| בְּשָׁל֖וֹם | beshalom | in safety | H7965 → | 236 times |
| לִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | lirushalim | to Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וַ֠יָּשָׁבand he returned
vaiyashoH7725 →1056 times
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֨טJehoshaphat
yehoshafatH3092 →84 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֧הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בֵּית֛וֹhouse his
beitoH1004 →2046 times
בְּשָׁל֖וֹםin safety
beshalomH7965 →236 times
לִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃to Jerusalem
lirushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
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) and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.