2 Chronicles 18:2

2 descenditque post annos ad eum in Samariam ad cuius adventum mactavit Ahab arietes et boves plurimos et populo qui venerat cum eo persuasitque illi ut ascenderet in Ramoth Galaad

2 Chronicles 18:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 18:2

And after certain years
Two years, according to the Syriac and Arabic versions, or in the third year after the affinity was contracted, see ( 1 Kings 22:2 ) ,

he went down to Ahab to Samaria;
to pay him a visit upon the alliance, civil and matrimonial, contracted between them:

and Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people
that he had with him;
entertained him and his retinue in a very grand and liberal manner:

and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead;
from hence, to the end of the chapter, it is the same with ( 1 Kings 22:4-37 ) . (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:4). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:5). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:6). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:7). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:8). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:9). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:10). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:11). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:12). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:13). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:14). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:15). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:16). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:17). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:18). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:19). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:20). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:21). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:22). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:23). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:24). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:25). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:26). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:27). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:28). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:29). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:30). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:31). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:32). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:33). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:34). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:35). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:36). (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:37).

2 Chronicles 18:2 In-Context

1 fuit ergo Iosaphat dives et inclitus multum et adfinitate coniunctus est Ahab

2 descenditque post annos ad eum in Samariam ad cuius adventum mactavit Ahab arietes et boves plurimos et populo qui venerat cum eo persuasitque illi ut ascenderet in Ramoth Galaad

3 dixitque Ahab rex Israhel ad Iosaphat regem Iuda veni mecum in Ramoth Galaad cui ille respondit ut ego et tu sicut populus tuus sic et populus meus tecumque erimus in bello

4 dixitque Iosaphat ad regem Israhel consule obsecro inpraesentiarum sermonem Domini

5 congregavitque rex Israhel prophetarum quadringentos viros et dixit ad eos in Ramoth Galaad ad bellandum ire debemus an quiescere at illi ascende inquiunt et tradet Deus in manu regis