2 Chronicles 19:1

Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat

1 Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 19:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 19:1

And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned
From Ramothgilead, after Ahab was slain:

to his house in peace in Jerusalem;
to his palace there in safety, having narrowly escaped losing his life in the battle.

2 Chronicles 19:1 In-Context

1 Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.
2 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 so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD ?
3 "But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God."
4 So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the LORD , the God of their fathers.
5 He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.
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