2 Chronicles 18:7

18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ¹  But I despise ²  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always ³  disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ⁴  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”

2 Chronicles 18:1

Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab

18:1 Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made an alliance by marriage with Ahab,

2 Chronicles 22:1

Ahaziah’s Reign

22:1 The residents of Jerusalem ⁵  made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. ⁶  So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

Proverbs 29:1

29:1 The one who stiffens his neck ⁷  after numerous rebukes ⁸ 

will suddenly be destroyed ⁹  without remedy. ¹⁰ 

Jeremiah 43:2-3

43:2 Then Azariah ¹¹  son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and other arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The Lord our God did not send you to tell us, ‘You must not go to Egypt and settle there.’ 43:3 But Baruch son of Neriah is stirring you up against us. ¹²  He wants to hand us over ¹³  to the Babylonians ¹⁴  so that they will kill us or carry us off into exile in Babylon.”

¹ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

² tn Or “hate.”

³ tn Heb “all his days.”

⁴ tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

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⁶ tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”

⁷ tn The idiom “to harden the neck” (מַקְשֶׁה־עֹרֶף, maqsheh-’oref) is the idea of resisting the rebukes and persisting in obstinacy (e.g., Exod 32:9). The opposite of a “stiff neck” would be the bending back, i.e., submission.

⁸ tn The Hebrew construction is אִישׁ תּוֹכָחוֹת (’ish tokhakhot, “a man of rebukes”), meaning “a man who has (or receives) many rebukes.” This describes a person who is deserving of punishment and who has been given many warnings. The text says, then, “a man of rebukes hardening himself.”

⁹ sn The stubborn person refuses to listen; he will suddenly be destroyed when the calamity strikes (e.g., Prov 6:15; 13:18; 15:10).

¹⁰ tn Or “healing” (NRSV).

¹¹ sn See the study note on 42:1 for the possible identification of this man with Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite.

¹² tn Or “is inciting you against us.”

¹³ tn Heb “in order to give us into the hands of the Chaldeans.” The substitution “he wants to” as the equivalent of the purpose clause has been chosen to shorten the sentence to better conform with contemporary English style.

¹⁴ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.