In the chronicles, when the king obeyed and trusted the lord, god blessed and protected. Now therefore behold, the lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets. Thus national repentance and reformation are required. Second, john jaricks 1 chronicles and 2 chronicles. Chronicles is a history of israels monarchy, much like the books of samuel through kings.
Summary of the book of 2 chronicles originally the books of 1 and 2 chronicles were a single book. Instead of 400 men who were prophets, 2 chronicles 18. I saw the lord sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. So now the lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours.
See introduction to 1 chronicles for outline and other introductory information. Study the bible online using commentary on 2 chronicles 18 and more. Study the bible online using commentary on 2 chronicles 22 and more. Those of god should never bind themselves together with the very worldly people. Read 2 chronicles 18 commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. This commentary has been through advanced checking. And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. Micaiah relates his vision concerning the lying spirit in the mouth of ahabs prophets, 1822. And third, mark bodas absolutely thrilling 1 2 chronicles in tyndales cornerstone biblical commentary. In this chapter we read of the place david pitched upon by divine direction for building the temple on, 1ch 22. Few books are now printed without some errata, yet the authors do not therefore disown them. Study 2 chronicles 18 using wesleys explanatory notes to better understand scripture with full outline and verse meaning. Verses 915 and there came out against them zerah the ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots. Read 2 chronicles 22 commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete.
This summary of the book of 2 chronicles provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of 2 chronicles. Like the books of kings, this is a historical book. So ahaziah the son of jehoram, king of judah, reigned. However, the books of kings focused on the northern kingdom, israel, and this book focuses on the southern kingdom, judah. X audio is now playing, turn on your speakers and raise volume. She was an illegitimate queen in judah who acquired her position by assassinating all of the legitimate davidic heirs to the throne. The new world translation of the holy scriptures is published by jehovahs witnesses. A word list at the end explains words with a star by them. Bible commentary 1 kings 22 2 chronicles 18 bibletrack. You can find the best commentary on 12 chronicles for you using the tools on the right side. Bar es, the present chapter runs parallel with kings, which it closely follows, only adding a few touches. Study the bible online using commentary on 2 chronicles and more. He commanded those who lived among the israelites to cut stones in order for them to be able to build the house. Then a spirit came forward and stood before the lord, saying, i will entice him.
After all, they adored his father, so theyre ready to. Referring to 1 kings or the commentary on the substance of the narrative, we will here only group together briefly the divergences. Throughout the bible, the principle that one actually does what he commands others to do is fully established. Read 2 chronicles commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. Abundant riches and honour give large opportunities of doing good, but they are attended with many snares and temptations. This was a terrible mistake on the part of jehoshaphat. And o the lord said, thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail.
We will not repeat what was there said, nor have we much to add, but may take occasion to think. The fact that chronicles comes right after 2 kings, however, is unfortunate. Further, much of the content covers the same events found in the books of samuel and kings. Men do not know much of the artifices of satan and the deceitfulness of their own hearts, when they covet riches with. David guzik commentary on 2 chronicles 18 describes the war of king. Nevertheless, not many books about the bible are written to help the average person. Why repeat information already recorded in 1 and 2 samuel and 1 and 2 kings. David was preparing for the temple right from the time of the promise 1ch 17 and now there is no doubt. But theyre the records of gods longlasting faithfulness to his people, even when they are not faithful to him. The books of 1 and 2 chronicles were originally one book. It has subdivisions of jehoshaphats alliance with ahab to war against syria, ahab.
What is the purpose of first and second chronicles. Likely written between 450 and 425 bc, 1 and 2 chronicles includes many lists of genealogies. The tradition is that 1 and 2 chronicles were written by ezra. This verse is talking about how the lord put a lying spirit in the mouth of. Enduring word bible commentary 2 chronicles chapter 18. The two books of chronicles cover about the same time period as 2 samuel and 1 and 2 kings. She was the daughter of ahab and jezebel of the northern kingdom of israel. The kings focused on the northern kingdom, israel, and this book 1 and 2 chronicles focuses on the southern kingdom, judah. It presupposes that war is sinful, wrong, contrary to gods will. Introduction easter sunday is mentioned only one time in the bible cf. An easyenglish bible version and commentary 2800 word vocabulary on 2 chronicles chapters 10 to 36. Jehoshaphat here, in complaisance to ahab, sits in his robes, patiently hearing the false prophets speaking lies in the name of the lord 2 chronicles 18.
So ahaziah the son of jehoram king of judah reigned. Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to attack ramoth gilead. Our story begins in the most attentiongrabbing way possiblewith nine chapters of genealogies. This chapter, from its second verse, finds its parallel in 1 kings 22. First, ralph kleins inestimably brilliant on 1 chronicles. The book of 2 chronicles was likely written between 450 and 425 b. For many readers there hardly seems to be any sense in reading the long books of samuelkings and then continuing right along and reading the same thing in chronicles. Thats right, the first third of this book is a whole bunch of ancient namedropping and figuring out who begat who. Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the lord and said, i will entice him. I saw the lord sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing on his right and on his left. Enduring word bible commentary 2 chronicles chapter 22. As the last verses of 2 chronicles and the first few verses of the book of ezra are nearly identical and as the book of ezra is the historical sequence of chronicles the jewish. As we saw, jehoshaphat had a character flaw of making wrongful alliances with the godless king ahab, but he was a man who followed the lord and brought spiritual reform to the nation. Bible commentary 1 chronicles 22 christadelphian books.
The record of it is read and thought of with an interest that is undiminished by the lapse of time. Then the inhabitants of jerusalem made ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, for the raiders who came with the arabians into the camp had killed all the older sons. Today we will focus on the main fundamental truth of the christian faith. God expects, that if his people, who are called by his name, have dishonoured his name by their iniquity, they should honour it by accepting the punishment of their iniquity. The rabbis fable that this was naboths ghost, who to be revenged on ahab, thus offereth his service. Albert mohler daily resources integrating theology and culture from the president of sbc in kentucky. We need something that will help us read the biblical texts and not just about the text. It is a statement in round numbers, founded not upon exact enumeration, but upon an approximate. After all, they adored his father, so theyre ready to be crazy about their new king. This is the purpose of this simple bible reading guide. Study 2 chronicles 18 using matthew henrys bible commentary concise to better understand scripture with full outline and verse meaning.
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