3<\/strong>. and<\/em> we will be with thee in the war<\/em> ] In 1 Kin. the corresponding phrase is, my horses as thy horses<\/em>. The Chronicler makes the words of Jehoshaphat a definite promise. The phrases In 1 Kin. need<\/em> not be more than the expression of oriental politeness. At the present day the Arab says to his guest, My house is thy house<\/em>, but he generally means very little by the words.<\/p>\n Verse 3<\/span>. To Ramoth-gilead<\/B><\/I>] This place belonged to the Israelites, and was now held by the king of Syria.<\/P> <\/P> The whole of this chapter is circumstantially explained in the notes on 1Kg 22:1-53<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n [See comments on 2Ch 18:2]<\/span><\/p>\n (3) And Ahab king of Israel.<\/strong>This verse is essentially the same as 1Ki. 22:4<\/span>. From this point the two narratives practically coincide. (See the Notes on 1 Kings 22<\/span>)<\/p>\n To Ramoth-gilead<\/strong>i.e., Ramoth of, or in, Gilead. Ramoth (heights), or Ramath or Ramah (height), was a common name in such a hilly country as Palestine. Kings adds, to the war.<\/em><\/p>\n And my people<\/strong> . . .<\/strong> in the war<\/strong>The symmetry of this part of the verse has been disregarded by the chronicler, in order to make Jehoshaphat express an apparently more definite assent to Ahabs request. (Comp. Kings: My people as thy people, my horses as thy horses<\/em> (kamn kamka, k<\/em>amm k<\/em>ammbka, kssai ksseika<\/em>).<\/em> The Syriac reads: And my horses<\/em> as thy horses; and I will go with thee to the war. Similarly the Arabic: My horsemen as thy horsemen.<\/p>\n 3-34<\/strong>. <\/strong> The rest of this chapter is parallel with 1Ki 22:4-39<\/span>, where see notes.<\/p>\n 2Ch 18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I [am] as thou [art], and my people as thy people; and [we will be] with thee in the war.<\/p>\n Ver. 3. I am as thou art.<\/strong> ] See 1Ki 22:4<\/span> . Jehoshaphat was too facile. It was noted as a fault in Henry IV of France that he was aeque male ac bono reconciliabilis,<\/em> of too good a nature, as we say of some.<\/p>\n we will be with thee. Jehoshaphat was deceived by its seeming to be a “good work”. But “good” works are only “prepared” works (Eph 2:10). It could not be “good” if done “with thee” (Compare 2Ch 19:2). “Better is he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city” (Pro 16:32). But Jehoshaphat did not “take it”. <\/p>\n I am as thou: 1Ki 22:4, 2Ki 3:7, Psa 139:21, Eph 5:11, 2Jo 1:10, 2Jo 1:11 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ki 8:28 – he went 1Ch 19:6 – Zobah 2Ch 16:3 – a league 2Ch 19:2 – Shouldest 2Ch 22:5 – Ramothgilead<\/p>\n And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I [am] as thou [art], and my people as thy people; and [we will be] with thee in the war. 3. and we will be with thee in the war ] In 1 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 18:3”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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