19:1 When King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned home safely to Jerusalem, 1 19:2 the prophet 2 Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; 3 he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? 4 Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you! 5 19:3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; 6 you removed 7 the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.” 8
19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. 9 He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow 10 the Lord God of their ancestors. 11
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2 tn Or “seer.”
3 tn Heb “went out to his face.”
4 tn Heb “and love those who hate the
5 tn Heb “and because of this upon you is anger from before the
3 tn Heb “nevertheless good things are found with you.”
4 tn Here בָּעַר (ba’ar) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער.
5 tn Heb “and you set your heart to seek the
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5 tn Heb “and turned them back to.”
6 tn Heb “fathers.”