And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer,.... The son of him that reproved Asa, for which he put him in prison, Ch2 17:7, but that did not deter this his son from reproving Jehoshaphat:
went out to meet…
Barnes' Notes
Jehu ... went out to meet him - Compare 2Ch 15:2. The monarch was therefore rebuked at the earliest possible moment, and in the most effective way, as he was entering his capital at the head of his…
Adam Clarke
Jehu the son of Hanani - We have met with this prophet before; see the note on Kg1 16:7.
Therefore is wrath upon thee - That is, Thou deservest to be punished. And who can doubt this, who knows that…
Here is, I. The great favour God showed to Jehoshaphat,
1. In bringing him back in safety from his dangerous expedition with Ahab, which had like to have cost him dearly (Ch2 19:1): He returned to his…
Cambridge Bible
Jehu the son of Hanani He must have been an old man at this time for he had prophesied against Baasha (1Ki 16:1), since whose time two kings had reigned in Israel, viz., Omri (12 years) and Ahab (22…
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