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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.
- 34
- verses
- 558 / 177
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- 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.
“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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