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2 Chronicles 18 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 18, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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preachers & commentators

2 Chronicles 18 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יְהוֹשָׁפָט Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ H3092 12 Jehoshaphat
מִיכָיְהוּ Mîykâyᵉhûw H4321 7 Mikajah
רָמֹת גִּלעָד Râmôth Gilʻâd H7433 7 Ramoth-Gilad
גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd H1568 7 Gilad
נָבִיא nâbîyʼ H5030 7 prophet, inspired man
מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh H4421 6 battle, engagement
אַחְאָב ʼAchʼâb H256 5 Achab

How preachers through history handled this text

2 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 18, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“The story of this chapter we had just as it is here related in the story of the reign of Ahab king of Israel, 1 Kings xxii. There it looks more creditable to Ahab than any thing else recorded of him that he was in league with so good a man as Jehoshaphat; here it is a great blemish in the reign of Jehoshaphat that he thus connected himself with so bad a man as Ahab. Here is, I. The alliance he contracted himself with Ahab, ver. 1. II. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 18:1–34 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Syria 1 — 2 Chr 18:10
  • Ramoth-gilead — 2 Chr 18:11
  • Samaria 1 — 2 Chr 18:2

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