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2 Chronicles 19 — Sermon Preparation

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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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.

Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“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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