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Chapter 19

Jehoshaphat Rebuked. Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem. Jehu the seer, son of Hanani,[a] went out to meet King Jehoshaphat and said to him: “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? For this reason, wrath is upon you from the Lord. Yet some good has been found[b] in you, since you have removed the asherahs from the land and have set your heart to seek God.”

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Footnotes

  1. 19:2 Jehu the seer, son of Hanani: probably not the Jehu, son of Hanani, who prophesied against Baasha of Israel almost fifty years earlier (1 Kgs 16:1).
  2. 19:3 Has been found: theological passive, i.e., God is the implied agent.

19 When Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem, Jehu(A) the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked(B) and love[a] those who hate the Lord?(C) Because of this, the wrath(D) of the Lord is on you. There is, however, some good(E) in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles(F) and have set your heart on seeking God.(G)

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  1. 2 Chronicles 19:2 Or and make alliances with