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2 Chronicles 18:2
And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jehoshaphat travels down to Samaria to visit King Ahab years after their marital alliance, where Ahab hosts him with livestock sacrifices and proposes a military campaign to Ramoth-gilead.
The words — וַיֵּרֶד [va.yere] means "and he went down," and וַיִּזְבַּח [va.yizzavach] means "and he slaughtered."
The thread — Royal sacrificial feasts appear in 1 Kings 1:9 during Adonijah's usurpation, while the theological consequence of this alliance is recorded in 2 Chronicles 19:2.
Why it lands — The text records a political visit and military proposal, requiring the reader to observe how covenant partnerships with unfaithful rulers precede prophetic confrontation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth–gilead.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 1:9 And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.
- 2 Kings 9:1 Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Chronicles 19:2 Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
- Deuteronomy 4:43 Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
- Joshua 20:8 And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
- 1 Kings 4:13 Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
- 1 Kings 17:7 Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
- 1 Kings 22:2 However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,
- Nehemiah 13:6 While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king
- Isaiah 22:12 On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.