37<\/strong>. Mareshah<\/em> ] Cp. 2Ch 11:8<\/span> (note); 2Ch 14:10<\/span>.<\/p>\n hath broken<\/em> ] R.V. hath destroyed<\/strong>. The same Heb. word is used 1Ch 13:11<\/span> (“had broken forth,” R.V.); 2Ch 14:11<\/span> (“hath broken forth,” R.V. mg.).<\/p>\n 2Ch 20:37<\/span><\/p>\n Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Evil compacts<\/strong><\/p>\n Some partnerships are inexplicable. A Church officer who has led the devotions of the Church has been known to enter into partnership with a grovelling man who never hesitated to use profane language in the warehouse; a generous supporter of good institutions has associated with a man who would have sold his own father if he could have made money by the transaction. And men have wondered who have not known how two could walk together except they were agreed, and who have gone upon the principle that light could have no communion with darkness. The principle of ill-associated partnerships works in two ways: the professing Christian finds it convenient to be able to remit all questionable work to the man who has made away with his conscience and honour, and the said man finds it very satisfactory to point to his professing partner as a proof and pledge that all is straightforward and upright. But is this as it ought to be? <\/em>(J<\/em>. Parker, D<\/em>.D<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n An immoral fallacy<\/strong><\/p>\n It will be said that business is business, and religion is religion, that there is a distinction between the merchant and the man. Let us admit that there remains this question: When the merchant is damned for his wicked deeds where will the man go? (J. Parker, D. D.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Evil associations<\/strong><\/p>\n The principle of the text–<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Verse 37<\/span>. The Lord hath broken, c.<\/B><\/I>] “The WORD of the Lord hath broken.” – Targum<\/I>. Concerning Tarshish, Ezion-geber<\/I>, and Ophir<\/I>, and the voyage thither, 1Kg 10:22<\/span>, and at the end of that chapter, 1Kg 10:29<\/span>, and on 2Ch 9:26-28<\/span>. The Tarshish here is called by the Chaldee Torsos in the great sea<\/I>, some place in the Mediterranean. On this subject the reader has, no doubt, already seen a great variety of opinions.<\/P><\/p>\n Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah<\/strong>,…. A city in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:44<\/span><\/p>\n prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah<\/strong>; an idolatrous prince, with whom he ought to have had no fellowship, even in civil things, it being both a countenancing him, and exposing himself and people to danger:<\/p>\n the Lord hath broken thy works<\/strong>; the ships built at the joint expense of the two kings, that is, the Lord had determined to break them, and now foretold that he would; the Targum is,<\/p>\n “the Word of the Lord hath destroyed thy works:”<\/p>\n and the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish<\/strong>;<\/p>\n [See comments on 1Ki 22:48]<\/span>.<\/p>\n (37) Then.<\/strong>And.<\/em><\/p>\n Eliezer the son of Dodavah.<\/strong>A prophet who is otherwise unknown.<\/p>\n Dodavah.<\/strong>Heb. Ddvh.<\/em> (Comp. Hdavyh.<\/em> 1Ch. 3:24<\/span>; LXX., , as if the Heb. were Ddyh; V<\/em>ulg., Dodau.<\/p>\n Mareshah.<\/strong>See 2Ch. 11:8<\/span>.<\/p>\n Because thou hast joined thyself<\/strong>.Comp. Jehu the son of Hananis similar rebuke of Jenoshaphat for his alliance with Ahab (2Ch. 19:2<\/span>).<\/p>\n The Lord hath broken.<\/strong>Shattered<\/em> (parac<\/em>).<\/em> (Comp. 2Ch. 24:7<\/span>.) The perfect is prophetic, i.e., will certainly shatter.<\/em><\/p>\n And the ships were broken.<\/strong>Wrecked<\/em> by a gale. (Comp. Psa. 48:7<\/span> : With the east wind Thou breakest ships of Tarshish.)<\/p>\n That they were not able.<\/strong>And kept not<\/em> strength to go<\/em> (2Ch. 13:20<\/span>; 2Ch. 14:10<\/span>).<\/p>\n After this misadventure, Ahaziah proposed another joint expedition; but the king of Judah declined. (See on 2Ch. 20:36<\/span>.)<\/p>\n 37<\/strong>. <\/strong> Eliezer prophesied against Jehoshaphat <\/strong> This fact is mentioned only by the chronicler, and shows that Jehoshaphat was twice censured by the prophets for his connexion with the kingdom of Israel. Compare the rebuke of Jehu in 2Ch 19:2-3<\/span>. These rebukes, and the evils which resulted from his alliance with the northern kingdom, are a cloud upon the memory of Jehoshaphat, but, on the whole, the general character of his administration was, as Stanley observes, “such as to leave behind the recollection of a reign of proverbial splendour.”<\/p>\n REFLECTIONS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n WHERE shall believing souls fly in their trouble, but to a covenant God in Christ! Like Jehoshaphat, we are told, and from the unquestionable authority of God’s word, that the children of Ammon, and the children of Moab, even the host of foes arising out of the world, from our own corrupt nature, and from the powers of darkness, all come forth against us, day by day, to battle. But if, like Jehoshaphat, instead of mustering human strength, and human skill, we take refuge in the God of our salvation; if we go forth, dearest Jesus, in thy name, and in thy righteousness make our boast, we shall be more than conquerors, through thy grace helping us. And we shall assuredly find the valley of Berachah: every place indeed will open room for blessing, for every event will furnish cause for it. But learn, my soul, in the midst of all the precious things which this chapter contains, of God’s covenant love and mercy to his people, what corruptions still remain in our old nature. Is it not now, as it was with Jehoshaphat and Judah, amidst all the reform set up? Are there not the sad effects still to be found, of what the human heart is with believers now, as with Judah then? It is said that the high places were not taken away; for as yet the people had, not prepared their hearts. Oh! precious Jesus! do I not know, do I not feel the daily workings of a corrupt nature? And though thou hast wrought out, thou blessed Finisher of salvation, a complete deliverance for me in thy blood and righteousness, yet, as if to keep me daily, hourly sensible that the work is all of grace; and what I once needed in bringing me out of nature’s darkness, I daily need to keep me from falling back to it again; art thou not showing me that the high places of vanity, pride, self-righteousness, and the breakings out of sin, all contradictory as they are to one another, yet annoy my poor soul, and manifest what a poor creature I am continually. Lord! overrule these things to thy glory! Give me to see thy preciousness! Enable me to improve mine interest in thee from day to day, that being stript of everything, I may lean wholly upon thee and seek comfort only in thy finished work. Oh! for grace thus to live a life of faith upon the Son of God, and to make mention of thy righteousness, even thine only.<\/p>\n 2Ch 20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.<\/p>\n Ver. 37. And the ships were broken.<\/strong> ] By tempest likely; and perhaps lying at anchor in the harbour; as it befell Charles V’s navy before the walls of Algiers, besieged by him by sea and by land, and well-nigh taken.<\/p>\n Eliezer. Sent by Jehovah, just as Jehu had been sent (2Ch 19:2). <\/p>\n broken. A Homonym. Hebrew. paraz, to break. Rightly so rendered here. Its other meaning, to increase, as rightly given in Gen 30:43. Exo 1:12. <\/p>\n Because: 2Ch 19:2, Jos 7:11, Jos 7:12, Pro 13:20 <\/p>\n the Lord: 2Ch 16:9, Pro 9:6, Pro 13:20, Heb 12:6, Rev 3:19 <\/p>\n And the ships: 1Ki 22:48 <\/p>\n to Tarshish: 2Ch 9:21 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 20:2 – said 1Ki 9:27 – his servants 1Ki 10:22 – Tharshish 2Ch 25:15 – a prophet Eze 27:12 – General Mat 1:8 – Josaphat Act 27:41 – broken<\/p>\n 20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast {u} joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.<\/p>\n (u) Thus God would not have his join in company with idolaters and wicked men.<\/p>\n Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. 37. Mareshah ] Cp. 2Ch 11:8 (note); 2Ch 14:10. hath broken ] R.V. hath destroyed. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 20:37”<\/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-11636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11636","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=11636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I. <\/strong>Supplies a lesson for the young. What you have to settle first and foremost is, the moral basis on which you are proceeding; you must get the full consent of your judgment and heart and conscience before you give yourself up to any commercial course.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>Is expansive enough to include the subject of marriage. We do not hesitate to lay down the broad principle that where there is incongruity of religious conviction between man and woman happiness of the deepest and purest kind is entirely out of the question.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>Will permit an earnest word about evil companionship generally. (J. Parker, D. D.<\/em>)<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/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: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (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
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"