2 Chronicles 19:2

2 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.

2 Chronicles 19:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer
The son of him that reproved Asa, for which he put him in prison, ( 2 Chronicles 17:7 2 Chronicles 17:10 ) , but that did not deter this his son from reproving Jehoshaphat:

went out to meet him;
as he was returning:

and said to King Jehoshaphat, shouldest thou help the ungodly;
such an one as Ahab, an idolater, murderer, and persecutor:

and love them that hate the Lord?
his laws, worship, and ordinances, as he had; intimating, that he had done wrong, by entering into alliance and affinity with him, by showing him friendship, and assisting him in his war against the Syrians:

therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord;
which appeared in the war of the Ammonites and Moabites with him, related in the next chapter, and in the calamities that came upon his family, his sons being slain by Jehoram that succeeded him, and his grandsons by Jehu.

2 Chronicles 19:2 In-Context

1 When King Jehoshaphat of Judah arrived safely home in Jerusalem,

2 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.

3 Even so, there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles throughout the land, and you have committed yourself to seeking God.”

4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, but he went out among the people, traveling from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, encouraging the people to return to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

5 He appointed judges throughout the nation in all the fortified towns,