God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 20:35
35After this, King Jehoshaphat of Judah allied himself with King Ahaziah of Israel, who led him to do evil.
2 Chronicles 20:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
- New International Version (NIV)Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, whose ways were wicked.
- English Standard Version (ESV)After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
- New King James Version (NKJV)After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted very wickedly.
Context of 2 Chronicles 20:35
33But the illegal worship sites on the hills were not torn down. The people still didn’t have their hearts set on the God of their ancestors. 34Everything else about Jehoshaphat from first to last is written in the records of Jehu, son of Hanani, which is included in the Book of the Kings of Israel. After this, King Jehoshaphat of Judah allied himself with King Ahaziah of Israel, who led him to do evil. 36Jehoshaphat joined him in making ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber. 37Then Eliezer, son of Dodavahu from Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat. He said, “The Lord will destroy your work because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah.” So the ships were wrecked and couldn’t go to Tarshish.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 202 Chronicles 20:35 word by word
וְאַחֲרֵיכֵ֗ן אֶתְחַבַּר֙ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֔ה עִ֖ם אֲחַזְיָ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל ה֖וּא הִרְשִׁ֥יעַ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- this did Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטyehôshâphâţ · JehoshaphatH3092
- kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
- joinחָבַרchâbar · to uniteH2266
- himself with Ahaziahאֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ'ăchazyâh 'ăchazyâhû · AhaziahH274
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- who didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- very wickedlyרָשַׁעrâsha‛ · be wickedH7561
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 20:35
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-style ships to go to Ophir for gold. But they didn’t go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.
- 2 Kings 1:2During the rebellion King Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upstairs room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers ⌞to Ekron⌟. He had told them, “Go ask Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, if I will recover from this injury.”
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20:35
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35After this - Jehoshaphat‘s history had been formally completed 2 Chronicles 20:34. Consequently we can lay no stress on the note of time contained in the words “after this,” which are detached from the context to which they originally referred. On the history 2 Chronicles 20:35-37, see marginal references and notes.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-37Verses 31-37 Jehoshaphat kept close to the worship of God, and did what he could to keep his people close to it. But after God had done such great things for him, given him not only victory, but wealth; after this, to go and join himself with a wicked king, was very ungrateful. What could he expect but that God would be angry with him? Yet it seems, he took the warning; for when Ahaziah afterward pressed him to join him, he would not, 1Ki 22:49. Thus the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-37The Lord destroyed the fleet to stop Jehoshaphat's alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel from succeeding.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 35-3735-37. after this did Jehoshaphat ... join himself with Ahaziah ... to make ships--A combined fleet was built at Ezion-geber, the destination of which was to voyage to Tartessus, but it was wrecked. Jehoshaphat's motive for entering into this partnership was to secure a free passage through Israel, for the vessels were to be conveyed across the Isthmus of Suez, and to sail to the west of Europe from one of the ports of Palestine on the Mediterranean…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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