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2 Chronicles 19:2

Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
2 Chronicles 19:2 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh.
  • KJV 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.
  • NKJV And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Therefore the wrath of the Lord is upon you.
  • NASB And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord, and by doing so bring wrath on yourself from the Lord?
  • NLT Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. “Why should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord?” he asked the king. “Because of what you have done, the Lord is very angry with you.

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Quick answer

The seer Jehu confronts Jehoshaphat for aiding the wicked Ahab, warning that God's wrath is upon him for it.

Overview

God sends a prophet to rebuke even a faithful king for his unequal alliance with the ungodly. The principle is clear: helping the wicked and loving God's enemies provokes divine displeasure. The episode warns believers against compromising partnerships, however expedient they seem.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 35

  • Ps 139:21–22Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
  • 2 Jn 1:10–11If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
  • 2 Chr 18:3Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
  • Eph 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
  • Jas 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
  • 2 Chr 32:25But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
  • 2 Chr 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
  • 2 Chr 20:34As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 16:1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:
  • 2 Chr 24:18They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
  • 1 Sam 9:9(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
  • Rom 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
  • Deut 5:9You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  • Exod 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  • 1 Cor 11:31–32Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
  • Ps 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
  • Rom 1:18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
  • 1 Kgs 16:7Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
  • Deut 33:11Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”
  • 1 Kgs 16:12So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.
  • Deut 7:10But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
  • John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
  • 2 Chr 18:28So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
  • 1 Kgs 21:25(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
  • Ps 21:8Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
  • Deut 32:41when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
  • Prov 1:10–19My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
  • 2 Chr 18:7The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
  • Rom 1:30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
  • Ps 90:7–8For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
  • Rom 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
  • Ps 68:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
  • John 15:23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
  • 2 Chr 18:1Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
  • Ps 71:15My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.

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