2 Chronicles 19:2-4

19:2 the prophet ¹  Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; ²  he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? ³  Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you! ⁴  19:3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; ⁵  you removed ⁶  the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.” ⁷ 

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. ⁸  He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow ⁹  the Lord God of their ancestors. ¹⁰ 

[19:2]  ¹ tn Or “seer.”

[19:2]  ² tn Heb “went out to his face.”

[19:2]  ³ tn Heb “and love those who hate the Lord?”

[19:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and because of this upon you is anger from before the Lord.”

[19:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “nevertheless good things are found with you.”

[19:3]  ⁶ 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.

[19:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “and you set your heart to seek the Lord.”

[19:4]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “and turned them back to.”

[19:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fathers.”