2 Chronicles 18 · Verse 1

2 Chronicles 18:1

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
2 Chronicles 18:1, King James Version

2 Chronicles 18:1 in other translations

BSBNow Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
WEBNow Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab.
ASVNow Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.
YLTAnd Jehoshaphat hath riches and honour in abundance, and joineth affinity to Ahab,
DARBYAnd Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
BBENow Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.
WebsterNow Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.

What does 2 Chronicles 18:1 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Jehoshaphat joins affinity with Ahab, king of Israel, 2Chr 18:1, 2Chr 18:2; who invites him to assist him in the war against the Syrians, to which Jehoshaphat agrees, 2Chr 18:3. They consult the prophets concerning the success of the war; and all, except Micaiah, promise Ahab victory, 2Chr 18:4-17. Micaiah relates his vision concerning the lying spirit in the mouth of Ahab's prophets, 2Chr 18:18-22. Zedekiah, a false prophet, opposes Micaiah; and Micaiah is put in prison, 2Chr 18:23-27. Both the kings go against the Syrians; the confederate armies are defeated, and the king of Israel slain, 2Chr 18:28-31. Verse 1 Jehoshaphat had riches and honor - The preceding chapter gives ample proof of this. Joined affinity with Ahab - Took his daughter Athalia to be wife to his son Joram.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab. --This history we read in 1Ki 22. Abundant riches and honour give large opportunities of doing good, but they are attended with many snares and temptations. Men do not know much of the artifices of Satan and the deceitfulness of their own hearts, when they covet riches with the idea of being able to do good with them. What can hurt those whom God will protect? What can shelter those whom God will destroy? Jehoshaphat is safe in his robes, Ahab killed in his armour; for the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. We should be cautious of entangling ourselves in the worldly undertakings of evil men; and still more we should avoid engaging in their sinful projects. But, when they call upon him, God can and will bring his faithful people out of the difficulties and dangers into which they have sinfully run themselves. He has all hearts in his hand, so that he easily rescues them. Blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the Lord.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Chronicles 18:1 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְהִ֧יvay.Hiand it belongedH1961
לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛טli.ho.sha.Fatto JehoshaphatH3092
עֹ֥שֶׁר'O.sherwealthH6239
וְכָב֖וֹדve.kha.Vodand honorH3519
לָרֹ֑בla.Roto abundanceH7230
וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֖ןvai.yit.cha.Tenand he became son-in-lawH2859
לְאַחְאָֽב\׃le.'ach.'Avto AhabH256

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 18:1

  • 2 Chronicles 17:5

    Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:6

    And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 19:2

    And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

  • 2 Kings 8:18

    And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 22:2-3

    Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

  • 1 Kings 16:31-33

    And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

  • 2 Kings 8:26-27

    Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:31

    And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

  • 2 Kings 11:1

    And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:14

    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

  • 2 Chronicles 1:11-15

    And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. …

  • 1 Kings 21:25

    But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Jehoshaphat, joined in affinity with Ahab, is persuaded to go with him against Ramoth-gilead.
4 Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slain there.

A.M. 3107. B.C. 897. riches.
1:11-15; 17:5,12; Mt 6:33
joined affinity.He took Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab, to be wife to his son Joram, (2 Ki 8:18;) which fatal connection was highly displeasing to God, and Jehoshaphat was severely reproved for it by Jehu the seer, 2 Ch 19:1-3.
31; 19:2; 21:6; 22:2,3; 1Ki 16:31-33; 21:25; 2Ki 8:18,26,27; 11:1
2Co 6:14

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 18:1

    Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:2

    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.

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2 Chronicles 18:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		TENÍA pues Josaphat riquezas y gloria en abundancia, y trabó parentesco con Achâb.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Josaphat eut beaucoup de richesses et de gloire; et il s’allia par mariage avec Achab.
German
Elberfelder 1871		So hatte Josaphat Reichtum und Ehre in Fülle. Und er verschwägerte sich mit Ahab.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fuit ergo Josaphat dives et inclytus multum, et affinitate conjunctus est Achab.