Category Archives: Jehoshaphat

our eyes are on you

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jefferson Vann

2 Chronicles 20 Judah is once again being threatened, and this time Jehoshaphat calls on the nation to fast and he leads them in prayer to the LORD.  The odds are so much against them that their only hope is … Continue reading →

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bringing them back

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Jefferson Vann

2 Chronicles 19:4-11 Having been warned not to seek reunification with Israel, Jehoshaphat sets his sights on strengthening the ties of Judah with their God.  He appoints judges, but these judges were not autonomous rescuers as in the book of … Continue reading →

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boundaries crossed

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Jefferson Vann

2 Chronicles 18:1-19:3 In the complexities of this story, it is hard sometimes to remember the moral that the chronicler puts to it.  The prophet Jehu addresses Jehoshaphat after he had returned from battle.  Ahab had been killed as Micaiah … Continue reading →

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the earlier ways

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Jefferson Vann

2 Chronicles 17 Jehoshaphat’s reforms were more extensive than Asa’s.  He not only took away the high places that had been used for idolatry, but he sent a company to teach the commandments of the Law to his people. The … Continue reading →

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