Passage Research
2 Chronicles 19 — Sermon Preparation
Rebuked for his alliance with Ahab, Jehoshaphat appoints judges and Levites throughout the land to administer justice according to God's law. Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 19, 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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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
2 Chronicles 19 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוֹשָׁפָט | Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ | H3092 | 4 | Jehoshaphat |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם | Yᵉrûwshâlaim | H3389 | 4 | Jerushalaim, Jerushalem |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 4 | turn, return |
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 4 | city, waking |
| שָׁפַט | shâphaṭ | H8199 | 3 | judge, sentence |
| דָּבָר | dâbâr | H1697 | 4 | word, matter |
| מִשְׁפָּט | mishpâṭ | H4941 | 3 | verdict, sentence |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We have here a further account of the good reign of Jehoshaphat, I. His return in peace to Jerusalem, ver. 1. II. The reproof given him for his league with Ahab, and his acting in conjunction with him, ver. 2, 3. III. The great care he took thereupon to reform his kingdom, ver. 4. IV. The instructions he gave to his judges, both those in the country towns that kept the inferior courts (ver. 5-7), and those in Jerusalem that sat in the supreme judicature of the kingdom, ver. 8-11. Jehoshaphat's Piety. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 19:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— 2 Chr 19:1
- Beersheba 1— 2 Chr 19:4
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