Josaphat’s reign: his care for the instruction of his people: his numerous forces.
Iosaphat succeding in the kingdom preuaileth in battel agaynst the king of Israel. 6. destroyeth Idolaters, and sendeth Priestes and Leuites to instruct the people. 11. The Philistians and Arabians send presentes to king Iosaphat. 13. the leaders of the armie and souldiars are numbred.
1And Josaphat his son reigned in his stead, and grew strong against Israel.E succedette a lui nel regno Josaphat suo figliuolo, il quale fu superiore di forze ad Israele.AND Iosaphat his sonne reigned for him, & grew strong agaynst Israel.Regnavit autem Josaphat filius ejus pro eo, et invaluit contra Israël. 2And he placed numbers of soldiers in all the fortified cities of Juda. And he put garrisons in the land of Juda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.E collocò un numero di soldati in tutte le città di Giuda cinte di muraglie. E pose dei presidj nella terra di Giuda, e nelle città di Ephraim prese da Asa suo padre.And he appoynted numbers of souldiars in al the cities of Iuda, that were compassed with walles. And he placed garrisons in the land of Iuda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.Constituitque militum numeros in cunctis urbibus Juda quæ erant vallatæ muris. Præsidiaque disposuit in terra Juda, et in civitatibus Ephraim quas ceperat Asa pater ejus. 3And the Lord was with Josaphat, because he walked in the first ways of David his father: and trusted not in Baalim,E il Signore fu con Josaphat, perchè egli seguitò le prime orme di David suo padre: e non pose fidanza in Baalim;And our Lord was with Iosaphat, because he walked in the first waies of Dauid his father: and he trusted not in Baalim,Et fuit Dominus cum Josaphat, quia ambulavit in viis David patris sui primis: et non speravit in Baalim, 4But in the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not according to the sins of Israel.Ma nel Dio del padre suo, e battè le vie de' suoi comandamenti, e non imitò i peccati d'Israele.but in the God of his father, and went forward in his preceptes, and not according to the sinnes of Israel.sed in Deo patris sui: et perrexit in præceptis illius, et non juxta peccata Israël. 5And the Lord established the kingdom in his hand, and all Juda brought presents to Josaphat: and he acquired immense riches, and much glory.E il Signore assicurò a lui il possesso del regno; e tutto Giuda offerse doni a Josaphat: ed egli acquistò ricchezze infinite, e molta gloria.And our Lord confirmed the kingdom in his hand, and al Iuda gaue giftes to Iosaphat: and there grew to him infinite riches, and much glorie.Confirmavitque Dominus regnum in manu ejus, et dedit omnis Juda munera Josaphat: factæque sunt ei infinitæ divitiæ, et multa gloria. 6And when his heart had taken courage for the ways of the Lord, he took away also the high places and the groves out of Juda.E rinfrancatosi a lui il cuore per ragion del culto del Signore, tolse dal paese di Giuda i luoghi eccelsi, e i boschetti.And when his hart had taken courage for the waies of our Lord, he tooke away also the Excelses and groues out of Iuda.Cumque sumpsisset cor ejus audaciam propter vias Domini, etiam excelsa et lucos de Juda abstulit.
7And in the third year of his reign, he sent of his princes Benhail, and Abdias, and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Micheas, to teach in the cities of Juda:E l'anno terzo del suo regno spedì de' suoi magnati Benhail, e Obdia, e Zacharia, e Nathanael, e Michea? affinchè insegnassero nelle città di Giuda:And in the third yeare of his kingdom, he sent of his princes Benhail, and Abdias, and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Micheas, that they should teach in the cities of Iuda:Tertio autem anno regni sui misit de principibus suis Benhail, et Obdiam, et Zachariam, et Nathanaël, et Michæam, ut docerent in civitatibus Juda: 8And with them the Levites, Semeias, and Nathanias, and Zabadias, and Asael, and Semiramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonias, and Tobias, and Thobadonias Levites, and with them Elisama, and Joram priests.E con essi i Leviti, Semeia, e Nathania, e Zabadia, e Azael, e Semiramoth, e Jonathan, e Adonia, e Thobia, e Thobadonia, tutti Leviti, e i sacerdoti Elisama, e Joran;and with them Leuites, Semeias, and Nathanias, and Zabadias, Asael also, and Semiramoth, and Ionathan, and Adonias and Tobias, and Thobadonias Leuites, and with them Elisama, and Ioram Priestes.et cum eis Levitas Semeiam, et Nathaniam, et Zabadiam, Asaël quoque, et Semiramoth, et Jonathan, Adoniamque et Thobiam, et Thobadoniam Levitas, et cum eis Elisama, et Joran sacerdotes: 9And they taught the people in Juda, having with them the book of the law of the Lord: and they went about all the cities of Juda, and instructed the people.E istruivano questi il popolo di Giuda, portando seco il libro della legge del Signore, e andavano attorno per tutte le città di Giuda, e insegnavano al popolo.And they taught the people in Iuda, hauing the booke of the law of our Lord: and they went about al the cities of Iuda, and instructed the people.docebantque populum in Juda, habentes librum legis Domini, et circuibant cunctas urbes Juda, atque erudiebant populum. 10And the fear of the Lord came upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Juda, and they durst not make war against Josaphat.Per la qual cosa i regni tutti confinanti con Giuda ebbero timor del Signore, e non ardivano di muover guerra a Josaphat.Therfore the dread of our Lord came vpon al the kingdomes of the landes, that were round about Iuda, neither durst they make battel agaynst Iosaphat.Itaque factus est pavor Domini super omnia regna terrarum quæ erant per gyrum Juda, nec audebant bellare contra Josaphat. 11The Philistines also brought presents to Josaphat, and tribute in silver, and the Arabians brought him cattle, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and as many he goats.E gli stessi Filistei offerivano doni a Josaphat, e un tributo in denaro; e anche gli Arabi gli menavano de' loro bestiami, e sette mila settecento castrati, e altrettanti capri.Yea and the Philistians brought giftes to Iosaphat, and tribute of siluer, the Arabians also brought cattel, of rammes seuen thousand seuen hundred, and buckegoates as manie.Sed et Philisthæi Josaphat munera deferebant, et vectigal argenti: Arabes quoque adducebant pecora, arietum septem millia septingenta, et hircorum totidem.
12And Josaphat grew, and became exceeding great: and he built in Juda houses like towers, and walled cities.Così Josaphat si fece potente, e si elevò in grandezza: ed edificò in Giuda delle case a guisa di torri, e delle città murate.Iosaphat therfore grewe, and was magnified on high: and he built in Iuda houses like to toures, and walled cities.Crevit ergo Josaphat, et magnificatus est usque in sublime: atque ædificavit in Juda domos ad instar turrium, urbesque muratas. 13And he prepared many works in the cities of Juda: and he had warriors, and valiant men in Jerusalem.E molte opere fece nella città di Giuda: e teneva anche in Gerusalemme un numero di combattenti di valore,And he prepared manie workes in the cities of Iuda: there were also men of warre, and valiant in Ierusalem,Et multa opera paravit in urbibus Juda: viri quoque bellatores et robusti erant in Jerusalem, 14Of whom this is the number of the houses and families of every one: in Juda captains of the army, Ednas the chief, and with him three hundred thousand most valiant men.Il numero de' quali egli è questo secondo le loro case, e famiglie: in Giuda capi dell'esercito (erano) Ednas, che avea sotto di se trecento mila uomini valorosissimi.of whom this is the number by the houses and families of euerie one: In Iuda princes of the armie, Ednas duke, and with him most valiant men three hundred thousand.quorum iste numerus per domos atque familias singulorum: in Juda principes exercitus, Ednas dux, et cum eo robustissimi viri trecenta millia. 15After him Johanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand.Dopo di lui Johanan capitano, e sotto di lui dugento ottanta mila uomini.After him Iohanan the prince, and with him two hundred eightie thousand.Post hunc Johanan princeps, et cum eo ducenta octoginta millia. 16And after him was Amasias the son of Zechri, consecrated to the Lord, and with him were two hundred thousand valiant men.E dopo questo Amasia figliuolo di Zechri consagrato al Signore, e sotto di lui dugento mila uomini fortissimi.After him also Amasias the sonne of Zechri, consecrated to our Lord, and with him two hundred thousand of valiant men.Post istum quoque Amasias filius Zechri, consecratus Domino, et cum eo ducenta millia virorum fortium. 17After him was Eliada valiant in battle, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield.Dietro a questo veniva Eliada gagliardo campione, e sotto di lui dugento mila uomini armati di scudo, e di arco.Him followed Eliada valiant to battels, and with him of them that held bow & shield two hundred thousand.Hunc sequebatur robustus ad prælia Eliada, et cum eo tenentium arcum et clypeum ducenta millia.
18After him also was Jozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready for war.Dopo di lui Jozabad, e sotto di lui cento ottanta mila uomini armati alla leggera.After this man also Iozabad, and with him an hundred eightie thousand readie souldiars.Post istum etiam Jozabad, et cum eo centum octoginta millia expeditorum militum. 19All these were at the hand of the king, beside others, whom he had put in the walled cities, in all Juda.Tutti questi erano pronti al comando del re, senza contare quelli, che egli avea messi di presidio nelle città murate in tutto il paese di Giuda.Al these were at the hand of the king, beside others, whom he had put in walled cities, in al Iuda.Hi omnes erant ad manum regis, exceptis aliis quos posuerat in urbibus muratis in universo Juda.
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Year of the World 3090, Year before Christ 914.
Israel. In consequence of the civil broils, which ensued after the death of Baasa. The two kingdoms had been nearly equal.
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Numbers, who were kept on foot; probably as in the days of David.
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Du Hamel
First. Before his fall: some copies add, "and last," (La Haye) as the Gothic manuscript used by Mariana does, agreeably to the Scripture style. (Du Hamel)
Haydock
David began and ended well. (Haydock)
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Calmet
Presents, as was customary, (1 Kings 10:27,) or tribute. (Calmet)
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Haydock
When. Hebrew, "And his heart was elevated in the ways of the Lord." He was endued with courage to undertake the great work of banishing all abuses out of his dominions, seeing that the people were well affected, and the Lord urged him forward. (Haydock)
Calmet
He trusted no so much to his great army or riches, as to a good conscience, (Tirinus) which made him fear no difficulties; (1 John 3:21,) doubting not but God would grant him success, as he endeavoured to keep his laws. (Calmet)
Haydock
Groves of idols, (Menochius) though he tolerated the high places, which had been consecrated to God, 2 Paralipomenon 20:33., and 3 Kings 22:43. (Haydock)
Worthington
Good works, rewarded by God, encouraged people to proceed in virtue. (Worthington)
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Year of the World 3092, Year before Christ 912.
Menochius
Princes. Political, (Tirinus) to see that all paid attention to the proper teachers; (Malachias 2:7.; Calmet) and thus to partake in that good work. (Menochius)
Haydock
The princes might also give instruction by word (Calmet) and example. (Haydock)
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Calmet
Book. The Pentateuch, or its abridgment, the book of Deuteronomy, (Menochius) which they read and explained. (Calmet)
Haydock
People. It was not sufficient to destroy idolatry, (Menochius) unless the people were taught how to serve the true God. (Haydock)
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Haydock
War. They had witnessed the fruitless attempt of Zara, 2 Paralipomenon 14:15. (Haydock)
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Philistines. Though they had been reduced by David, they had sometimes proved remiss in the payment of tribute.
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Houses. Protestants, "castles." Hebrew biraniyoth. Birah is properly a Chaldean word, and is added after susan, to imply that it was a royal castle, (Calmet) or palace. (Haydock) (Esdras 1:1.)
Calmet
Septuagint often use baris in the same sense. (Calmet)
St. Jerome ad Princep
It became a provincial word in Palestine, for a place shut up on all sides and built like a tower. (St. Jerome ad Princep.)
Calmet
David calls the temple a palace (habbirah) for God, 1 Paralipomenon 29:1. (Calmet)
Josaphat employed his immense riches in beautifying the country, and erecting storehouses, ver. 5.
Walled. Protestants, "cities of store." (Haydock) See 2 Paralipomenon 15:4.
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Haydock
Ednas was the chief of the five generals, who had under their command 1,160,000, (Calmet) besides the garrison soldiers, ver. 19. (Haydock)
Calmet
So great power and riches had not been seen in Juda since the days of Solomon. (Calmet)
They were not all on duty at the same time, but were able to bear arms (Menochius) when called out.
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Calmet
Consecrated. Hebrew, "a volunteer of the Lord," (Haydock) serving at his own expence, (Tirinus) or with remarkable zeal. (Calmet)
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Haydock
After. Hebrew and Septuagint, "And of Benjamin, Eliada, a valiant man of the army." (Haydock)
Menochius
It seems all were not chosen from Juda. (Menochius)
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Haydock
King, at different times. Septuagint, "waiting upon" him, (Haydock) like the companies which David had appointed, (Calmet) but far more numerous. (Haydock)
Calmet
The dominions of Juda were now pretty extensive, and well cultivated. The population must have amounted to near six millions, for whose support recourse must have been had to commerce. Rome had once almost four million inhabitants, and Cairo is said to contain seven millions, while China has two hundred millions. (Calmet)
Tirinus
We must reflect that many from the other tribes had taken refuge in the kingdom of Juda. (Tirinus)
It would be too bold to suppose, with Kennicott, that so many numbers have been corrupted. (Haydock) (Chap. 13:3.)
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Good, workes approued by new benefices from God, as a reward, ther of do geue more hope & confidence to procede from vertue to vertue. 5. Tho. li. deregimin• Reg•m•i.
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St Jerome † AD 420 Against the Pelagians 2
2 Chron. xvii. 3 . Jehoshaphat prospers because the Lord is with him. Yet
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6. AND WHEN HIS HEART HAD TAKEN COURAGE IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD, — that is to say, Josaphat's piety, religion and observance of the divine law made him bold, so that he feared none of his subjects or enemies, but trusting in God he boldly cut down the high places and groves, which other pious kings, fearing the offense or rebellion of the people, had tolerated and permitted. The Hebrew and the Septuagint have, and his heart was exalted in the ways of the Lord, that is to say, He had nothing more important than to observe the commandments of the Lord, says Vatablus, or rather, that is to say, Josaphat conceived great and lofty spirits from God and from the worship of God, so that fearing no one and undaunted he abolished the high places, and destined other heroic deeds in his mind for promoting the honor and glory of God. See here what piety and pious intention accomplish, which fear nothing and dare all things with God favoring. Such in this age was Pope Pius V, who relying on God did not fear kings, but was the terror and scourge of kings, indeed even of the Turks. For holiness is a terror to all, equally as it is an object of veneration.
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7. HE SENT OF HIS PRINCES, — namely the princes of his court, who by his command, having abolished idols, would restore the worship of the one God and the observance of the Mosaic law. Wherefore he sent with them Levites and Priests, that they might teach the people the laws of the Lord. Remarkable was this zeal of King Josaphat, which was once imitated by St. Stephen, the first king of the Hungarians, St. Louis of the French, St. Wenceslaus, duke of the Bohemians, and in our age by the kings of Spain and Portugal, who at great expense subjugated both Indies, that they might lead their inhabitants to the knowledge and worship of the true God through religious men.
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12. HE BUILT IN JUDEA HOUSES IN THE MANNER OF TOWERS. — In Hebrew, palaces so lofty and fortified that they appeared like towers. He did this both for the ornament and the fortification of Judea. Just as the Burgundians against the incursion of the Vandals, Alans, Goths, etc., built πυργούς, that is, burgs and towers; whence the Burgundians are named.
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16. AMASIAS CONSECRATED TO THE LORD. — In Hebrew המתנדב hammitnaddab, that is, as Vatablus says, he who offered himself willingly to the Lord, that is, he devoted himself to sacred warfare, that he might fight for God and the worship of God against idols and idolaters, and for his faithful and pious king Josaphat. Similar once were the soldiers of the Temple, or Templars, who devoted themselves to sacred warfare for the protection of the holy land and the Temple of Jerusalem. See St. Bernard in his sermon to the soldiers of the Temple.
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18. AND WITH HIM ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND. — In all Josaphat had under his standards eleven times a hundred and sixty thousand warriors, with God prospering: because besides the powerful and numerous tribes of Judah and Benjamin subject to him, many from the ten tribes, desirous of ancestral religion and attracted by the prosperity of Josaphat, fled to Jerusalem, as was said in chapter xv, 9.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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Also with regard to the kingdom of Ephraim J. found himself at an advantage (ibid. 17, 1), at least in the early years. …
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Furthermore, J. instituted governors and prefects in the principal cities (II Chron. 17, 2) and perfected the judicial system, laying down wise norms for the administration of justice, and creating, besides the minor tribunals in the individual cities, two superior tribunals …
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… under the authority of the high priest Amariah, the other for civil cases, headed by Zebadiah son of Ishmael, one of the magnates of the kingdom (II Chron. 19, 4-11). As a reward for such zeal the Lord granted prosperity and stability to his kingdom (ibid. 17, 5) and won him respect from the neighboring nations: indeed some Philistine cities and Arab tribes paid him tribute (II Chron. 17, 10 ff.).
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… It is enough to compare the parallel texts of P. with Samuel and Kings (for example, I Kings 15, 14; 22, 44 with II Chron. 14, 2-5; 17, 6; I Kings 22, 49 with II Chron. 20, 36 etc.). …
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… reign alone, he instituted a college of catechists, a kind of traveling mission (composed of two priests, seven Levites and five laymen), with the task of giving instructions to the people with the book of the Law in hand in all the cities of Judah (II Chron. 17, 7-9). He himself traversed the whole country from Beersheba to the mountains of Ephraim, to recall the people to a more fervent practice of religion (II Chron. 19, 4). He removed from …
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Asahel (Hebrew 'Āšāh'ēl, "God has made")
The same name is borne in the Old Testament by: a Levite sent by King Jehoshaphat to instruct the people in the divine law (II Chron. 17, 8); a Levite appointed to guard the offerings at the Temple under Hezekiah (ibid. 31, 13); the father of Jonathan, a collaborator of Ezra (Vulgate Azahēl; Ezra 10, 15). Giuseppe Priero
Elisama (Heb. 'Elīlāmā' "God Hears")
4. A priest among those sent by King Jehoshaphat through the country to instruct the people (II Chr. 17:8).
Jonathan (Heb. Jēhōnāthān and Jōnāthān; Vulgate I. and Ionathas)
… about the rebel Absalom (II Sam. 15:27 ff., 35 ff.; 17:15-21; I Kings 1:42-49). 6. One of David's mighty men (II Sam. 23:32; I Chron. 11:34). 7. Administrator of David's property outside Jerusalem (I Chron. 27:23). 8. Levite in the time of Jehoshaphat (II Chron. 17:8). 9. Scribe under King Zedekiah; Jeremiah was imprisoned in his house (Jer. 37:15-20; 38:26). In Jer. 40:8 there is a J. as military leader, probably due to a copyist's error; he is …
Levites (Heb. Lēwī, pl. Lēwījīm; Gr. Lēwījī, pl. -ai)
… Under the succeeding rulers the Levites appear also in other functions: as teachers of religion to the people (II Par. 17:8), assigned to the collections (ibid. 24:4-6), to the storehouses of provisions (ibid. 31:12), to the restorations of the temple (ibid. 34:12). In the future religious picture drawn …
Nathania (Hebrew: Netanyah and Netanyahu = «Gift of Yahweh»)
… musician in the Temple, a contemporary of David; he was the head of the fifth division (I Chron. 25:2, 12). 5. One of the Levites sent by King Jehoshaphat, together with two priests and five princes, to the cities of Judah to instruct the people in the Law (II Chron. 17:8).
… father and the son are called Tobias; in Greek, on the other hand, Τωβίας is only the son, while the father is called Tobit, a form derived from a Hebrew name whose abbreviated form must have been Τόβιτ and whose full form Τόβιβήλ (Ecd. 3, 60) or Τόβιβήλ (II Par. 17, 8) = "Yahweh is good." Tob. narrates the trial of the righteous man, whom God providentially raises up and consoles. …
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… of the kingdom (II Chron. 19, 4-11). As a reward for such zeal the Lord granted prosperity and stability to his kingdom (ibid. 17, 5) and won him respect from the neighboring nations: indeed some Philistine cities and Arab tribes paid him tribute (II Chron. 17, 10 ff.).
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… The numbers seem enormous (I Chron. 22, 14; 29, 4; II Chron. 13, 3; 17, 14, 8; etc.). …
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Johanan (HEB. JĒHĀHĀNĀN AND JĀHĀNĀN "JAHWEH IS GRACIOUS")
… Benjaminite, he joined him at Ziklag (ibid. 12:4). - 6. A Gadite, with David in the wilderness of Judah (ibid. 12:12). - 7. A Levite, of the family of Korah; gatekeeper of the Tabernacle (ibid. 26:3). - 8. Military leader under Jehoshaphat king of Judah (2 Chron. 17:15). - 9. Father of the centurion Ishmael, in the time of Jehoiada (ibid. 23:1). - 10. An Ephraimite in the time of Ahaz (ibid. 2:12). - 11. Head of the family of Azgad; he returned to …
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