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Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab. See also: 2 Chronicles 17:52 Chronicles 21:62 Chronicles 19:2After some years, he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and cattle for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead. See also: 2 Chronicles 19:21 Kings 1:92 Kings 9:1Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead?” He answered him, “I am as you are, and my people as your people. We will be with you in the war.” See also: 1 Kings 22:42 Kings 3:7Ephesians 5:11Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the LORD’s word.” See also: Jeremiah 21:22 Samuel 5:192 Samuel 5:23Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?” They said, “Go up, for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.” See also: 2 Kings 3:13Jeremiah 38:14-282 Timothy 4:3But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we may inquire of him?” See also: 2 Kings 3:11-131 Kings 22:7-9The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.” See also: Micah 2:7Amos 5:10Luke 6:22Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, “Get Micaiah the son of Imla quickly.” See also: Daniel 1:31 Samuel 8:15Isaiah 39:7Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah each sat on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. See also: Isaiah 14:9Jeremiah 27:14-161 Kings 22:10-12Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron and said, “The LORD says, ‘With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’” See also: Zechariah 1:18-212 Timothy 3:8Jeremiah 28:2-3All the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.” See also: Proverbs 24:24-252 Chronicles 18:52 Peter 2:1-3The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Let your word therefore, please be like one of theirs, and speak good.” See also: Micah 2:6Hosea 7:3Micah 2:11Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, I will say what my God says.” See also: Numbers 22:35Numbers 22:18-20Numbers 24:13When he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?” He said, “Go up, and prosper. They shall be delivered into your hand.” See also: Ecclesiastes 11:1Lamentations 4:21Matthew 26:45The king said to him, “How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the LORD’s name?” See also: 1 Kings 22:16Mark 5:7Acts 19:13He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. The LORD said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’” See also: Matthew 9:36Ezekiel 34:5-6Ezekiel 34:8The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?” See also: 1 Kings 22:18Proverbs 29:12 Chronicles 18:7Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the LORD’s word: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. See also: Daniel 7:9Isaiah 6:1-5Psalms 103:20-21The LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way. See also: 2 Chronicles 25:8Isaiah 54:16Ezekiel 14:9A spirit came out, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ “The LORD said to him, ‘How?’ See also: Job 1:62 Corinthians 11:32 Corinthians 11:13-15“He said, ‘I will go, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ “He said, ‘You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go and do so.’ See also: John 8:441 Kings 22:21-22Revelation 12:9“Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and the LORD has spoken evil concerning you.” See also: Ezekiel 14:9Isaiah 19:14Job 12:16Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the LORD’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?” See also: Mark 14:65Jeremiah 20:2Isaiah 50:5-6Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.” See also: Jeremiah 29:21-22Isaiah 26:11Jeremiah 28:16-17The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son; See also: 2 Chronicles 18:82 Chronicles 34:8Acts 24:25-27and say, ‘The king says, “Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.”’” See also: 2 Chronicles 16:10Acts 5:18Revelation 11:10Micaiah said, “If you return at all in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me.” He said, “Listen, you people, all of you!” See also: Luke 20:45-46Matthew 13:9Micah 1:2So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead. See also: 1 Kings 22:29-33The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but you put on your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle. See also: 1 Samuel 28:81 Kings 20:38Proverbs 26:25Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, “Don’t fight with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel.” See also: Deuteronomy 1:171 Kings 20:421 Kings 20:33-34When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel!” Therefore they turned around to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. See also: 2 Chronicles 13:14Psalms 118:13Psalms 46:11When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. See also: 1 Kings 22:33A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am severely wounded.” See also: 2 Samuel 15:112 Chronicles 35:231 Kings 22:34-35The battle increased that day. However, the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening; and at about sunset, he died. See also: Proverbs 13:212 Chronicles 18:16Proverbs 28:17
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
2 Chronicles 18:1
Ver. 1. Affinity, taking Achab's daughter for his son's wife. T. C. xxi. 6. 3 K. xxii.
↑ 12 Chronicles 18:3
Ver. 3. War. Josaphat was too complaisant. He was rebuked by the son of Hanani, as Asa had been by his father; (C. xvi. 7.) and, not long after, Eliezer reproached him for joining in alliance with Ochozias,. C. xx. C. --- He acted without an ill intention, and was more easily pardoned. W.
↑ 32 Chronicles 18:14
Ver. 14. Hands. He ironically (C.) alludes to the declarations of the false prophets. H.
↑ 142 Chronicles 18:18
Ver. 18. Ye. In 3 K. he addresses his discourse chiefly to Achab. C.
↑ 182 Chronicles 18:20
Ver. 20. Said. See 3 K. xxii. The Rabbins pretend that the spirit of Naboth came forth. But it was satan, or an evil spirit. T.
↑ 202 Chronicles 18:21
Ver. 21. So. The Lord permits evil, but he does not approve of it. C. --- Homer makes Jupiter send a deluding dream to Agamemnon. Iliad Β. --- The delusive predictions of impostors, are one great source of calamities. D.
↑ 212 Chronicles 18:25
Ver. 25. Amelech. Sept. and Syr. "to Joas, the commander, son of the father. H.
--- He had perhaps the government of affairs at Samaria, during his king."
Achab's absence. T.
↑ 252 Chronicles 18:27
Ver. 27. People. Mark what I say. The event will quickly prove whether I am a prophet or an impostor. H.
↑ 272 Chronicles 18:29
Ver. 29. Dress. Prot. "disguised himself, and they went." See 3 K. xxii. 30.
↑ 292 Chronicles 18:31
Ver. 31. Turned. Heb. "moved them from him." They felt that he was under God's protection; and discovered that he was not the king of Israel. H.
↑ 31License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses