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Bishop's Bible

2 Chronicles 18:1

And Iehosaphat had aboudaunce of richesse and honour, and ioyned affinitie with Ahab.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Alliances;   Armies;   Thompson Chain Reference - Alliances;   Companionship;   Evil;   Jehoshaphat;   Temptation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Joash or Jehoash;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Affinity;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ramoth-Gilead, Ramoth in Gilead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah the kingdom of;   Ramoth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mica'iah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Affinity;   Jehoshaphat (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he made an alliance with Ahab through marriage.
Hebrew Names Version
Now Yehoshafat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ach'av.
King James Version
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
English Standard Version
Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor, and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab.
New Century Version
Jehoshaphat had much wealth and honor, and he made an agreement with King Ahab through marriage.
New English Translation
Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made an alliance by marriage with Ahab,
Amplified Bible
Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honor, and was allied by marriage with Ahab.
New American Standard Bible
Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage to Ahab.
World English Bible
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, but he was ioyned in affinitie with Ahab.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.
Berean Standard Bible
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
Contemporary English Version
Jehoshaphat was now very rich and famous. He signed a treaty with King Ahab of Israel by arranging the marriage of his son and Ahab's daughter.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoshafat had wealth and honor in abundance, and by marriage he allied himself with Ach'av.
Darby Translation
And Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jehoshaphat became very rich and famous. He made an agreement with King Ahab through marriage.
George Lamsa Translation
NOW Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he made an alliance with Ahab.
Good News Translation
When King Jehoshaphat of Judah became rich and famous, he arranged a marriage between a member of his family and the family of King Ahab of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
Now Jehoshaphat had much wealth and honor, and he became son-in-law to Ahab.
Literal Translation
And Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and contracted a marriage with Ahab.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iosaphat had greate riches and worshippe, and made frendshippe wt Achab.
American Standard Version
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.
Bible in Basic English
Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
King James Version (1611)
Now Iehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and ioyned affinitie with Ahab.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Josaphat had yet great wealth and glory, and he connected himself by marriage with the house of Achaab.
English Revised Version
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Josaphat was riche and ful noble, and bi affynyte, `ethir alie, he was ioyned to Achab.
Update Bible Version
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
New King James Version
1 Kings 22:1-28">[xr] Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and by marriage he allied himself with Ahab.
New Living Translation
Jehoshaphat enjoyed great riches and high esteem, and he made an alliance with Ahab of Israel by having his son marry Ahab's daughter.
New Life Bible
Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor. And by a marriage he was joined with Ahab.
New Revised Standard
Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when Jehoshaphat had riches and honour, in abundance, that he contracted, by marriage, affinity with Ahab.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Josaphat was rich and very glorious, and was joined by affinity to Achab.
Revised Standard Version
Now Jehosh'aphat had great riches and honor; and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehoshaphat hath riches and honour in abundance, and joineth affinity to Ahab,
THE MESSAGE
But even though Jehoshaphat was very rich and much honored, he made a marriage alliance with Ahab of Israel. Some time later he paid a visit to Ahab at Samaria. Ahab celebrated his visit with a feast—a huge barbecue with all the lamb and beef you could eat. But Ahab had a hidden agenda; he wanted Jehoshaphat's support in attacking Ramoth Gilead. Then Ahab brought it into the open: "Will you join me in attacking Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said, "You bet. I'm with you all the way; you can count on me and my troops."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.

Contextual Overview

1 And Iehosaphat had aboudaunce of richesse and honour, and ioyned affinitie with Ahab. 2 And after certayne yeres he went downe to Ahab to Samaria: And Ahab slue many sheepe and oxen for him and for the people that he had with him, and entreated him to go vp with him vnto Ramoth [in] Gilead. 3 And Ahab king of Israel saide vnto Iehosaphat king of Iuda: wylt thou go with me to Ramoth [in] Gilead? And he aunswered him: I wyll be as thou, and my people shall be as thyne [and we wyll go] with thee to the warre.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3107, bc 897

riches: 2 Chronicles 1:11-15, 2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 17:12, Matthew 6:33

joined affinity: He took Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab, to be wife to his son Joram - 2 Kings 8:18, which fatal connection was highly displeasing to God, and Jehoshaphat was severely reproved for it by Jehu the seer, 2 Chronicles 19:1-3. 2 Chronicles 18:31, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 21:6, 2 Chronicles 22:2, 2 Chronicles 22:3, 1 Kings 16:31-33, 1 Kings 21:25, 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Kings 8:26, 2 Kings 8:27, 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Corinthians 6:14

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:1 - affinity 1 Kings 22:2 - Jehoshaphat

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
And the Lorde appearyng vnto Abram, sayd, Unto thy seede wyl I geue this lande: And there buylded he an aulter vnto the Lorde whiche appeared vnto hym.
Genesis 15:1
After these thynges, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying: feare not Abram I am thy shielde [and] thy exceedyng great rewarde.
Genesis 17:22
And he left of talkyng with hym, and departed vp from Abraham.
Genesis 18:1
And the Lorde appeared vnto hym in the playne of Mamre, and he sate in his tent doore in the heate of the day.
Genesis 18:3
And sayde: Lorde, yf I haue nowe founde fauour in thy sight, passe not away I praye thee from thy seruaunt.
Genesis 26:2
And the Lorde appeared vnto hym, and sayde: Go not downe into Egypt, [but] abyde in the lande whiche I shall shewe vnto thee.
Genesis 48:3
And Iacob sayd vnto Ioseph: God almyghtie appeared vnto me at Luz in the lande of Chanaan, and blessed me, and sayde vnto me:
Exodus 4:1
Moyses aunswered, and said: See, they wyll not beleue me, nor harken vnto my voyce: but wyll saye, The Lorde hath not appeared vnto thee.
2 Chronicles 1:7
And the same night did God appeare vnto Solomon, and said vnto him: Aske what I shall geue thee.
Acts 7:2
And he said: Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hearken. The God of glorie appeared vnto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance,.... Still more and more, see 2 Chronicles 17:5, and which moved Ahab to desire friendship and affinity with him, to which Jehoshaphat agreed:

and joined affinity with Ahab; king of Israel, married his son Joram to Athaliah, a daughter of Ahab by Jezebel of Zidon; which marriage proved of bad consequence to Jehoshaphat and his family.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The present chapter runs parallel with Kings, which it closely follows, only adding a few touches.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVIII

Jehoshaphat joins affinity with Ahab, king of Israel, 1, 2;

who invites him to assist him in the war against the Syrians,

to which Jehoshaphat agrees, 3.

They consult the prophets concerning the success of the war;

and all, except Micaiah, promise Ahab victory, 4-17.

Micaiah relates his vision concerning the lying spirit in the

mouth of Ahab's prophets, 18-22.

Zedekiah, a false prophet, opposes Micaiah; and Micaiah is put

in prison, 23-27.

Both the kings go against the Syrians; the confederate armies

are defeated, and the king of Israel slain, 28-31.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVIII

Verse 2 Chronicles 18:1. Jehoshaphat had riches and honour — The preceding chapter gives ample proof of this.

Joined affinity with Ahab. — Took his daughter Athalia to be wife to his son Joram.


 
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