2Ch 19:1-3 | Clarke | STEP | Jehoshaphat, on his return from Ramoth-gilead, is met by the prophet Jehu, and reproved, . He makes a farther reformation in the land, establishing courts of justice, and giving solemn and pertinent directions to the judges, Levites, etc., to do judgement and justice among the people, in the fear of God, . Verse 1 Returned to his house in peace - That is, in safety, notwithstanding he had been exposed to a danger so imminent, from which only the especial mercy of God could have saved him.

2 Chronicles 19:1-3

Introduction

Jehoshaphat, on his return from Ramoth-gilead, is met by the prophet Jehu, and reproved, 2Chr 19:1-3. He makes a farther reformation in the land, establishing courts of justice, and giving solemn and pertinent directions to the judges, Levites, etc., to do judgement and justice among the people, in the fear of God, 2Chr 19:4-11.

Verse 1

Returned to his house in peace - That is, in safety, notwithstanding he had been exposed to a danger so imminent, from which only the especial mercy of God could have saved him. Verse 2

Jehu the son of Hanani - We have met with this prophet before; see the note on 1Kgs 16:7.

Therefore is wrath upon thee - That is, Thou deservest to be punished. And who can doubt this, who knows that he did help the ungodly, and did love them that hated Jehovah? And is not the wrath of God upon all those alliances which his people form with the ungodly, whether they be social, matrimonial, commercial, or political?