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II CHRONICLES CHAPTER 17

II Chronicles 16 opened with Baasha, the king of the divided House of Israel moving people—engineers, builders and war-fighters—and construction materials and supplies into the city of Ramah, which was approximately 5 miles north of Jerusalem, in order to fortify it so that he could then attack Asa and the House of Judah. In response, Asa emptied the treasuries of Father’s Temple and his own treasuries so that he could send the contents of those treasuries to Ben-hadad, the king of Syria to come to his assistance by attacking the House of Israel’s northern flank. Why, after he—Asa—relied on and cried out to Father when Zerah and the Ethiopians had come against him with their million war-fighters in II Chronicles 14:9-12 and Father gave him—Asa—and the House of Judah the victory over this million man army, decided to now pay a man instead of again relying on and crying out to Father, befuddles me, and angered Father. For Asa relying on Ben-hadad and not Father, Father sent one of His Prophets, Hanani—II Chronicles 16:7—to Asa to tell him that things were not going to go well for Asa. Asa became angry at Father’s Prophet—in reality, Asa was really angry with Father for chastising him—and he had Hanani thrown in the prison house. For this, Father caused a disease to come upon Asa’s feet which was “exceeding great” and eventually claimed Asa’s life. The Chapter closed with Asa returning Home to Father.

This Chapter opens with Asa’s son Jehoshaphat picking up the reigns of king of the House of Judah. Jehoshaphat is David’s great, great, great grand-son. He is the fourth man-king to reign and rule over the divided House of Judah. By this, I mean that—as can be read in I Kings 11:26-39—because of David’s son Solomon—the third man-king to reign and rule over the united Nation of the House of Israel, following behind his father David and the first man-king, king Saul—serving and worshipping all his foreign wives’ false gods and idols, Father divided and separated the House of Israel into two separate Nations: The House of Israel—ten tribes consisting of the Tribes of Reuben, Asher, Gad, a sprinkling of Levi the Priesthood, Issachar, Naphtali, Simeon, Dan, Zebulun, and Joseph which is actually two Tribes Ephraim and Manasseh—commonly called the ten northern Tribes—this kingship will be ruled by men not of the seed-line of David—and the House of Judah—consisting of two Tribes: Judah and Benjamin—this kingship will be ruled by the seed-line of David. It has now been 101 years since David returned Home to Father. In those years, Solomon reigned and ruled over the United Nation for 40 years, his son Rehoboam, the first man-king to reign and rule over the divided Nation of the House of Judah, reigned for 17 years, his son Abijah aka Abijam, reigned for 3 years, and then his son Asa—as I stated, Jehoshaphat’s father—reigned for 41 years. This sets the year at 819B.C., as that was the year in which Jehoshaphat began his rule.

This Chapter presents us a unique opportunity to learn not only Father’s Word; but also, history. History not only of our forefathers; but, of paper and writing. Why do I say this? Because, II Chronicles 16 ended, reading: II Chronicles 16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. [16:14] And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.. This Chapter opens reading: II Chronicles 17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.. If you only read from my Website and don’t follow along in your KJV Bible, you wouldn’t know who Jehoshaphat’s father was. This presents to us a confirmation and showing that: (1) the original Hebrew Sacred Texts—the Manuscripts (MS), the Massorahic Texts (MSS), or Codex—were written on scrolls—scrolls were constructed in ancient Egypt from the papyrus plant, hence the first five Books of the Bible are called “The Books of the Law of Moses” because it was Moses who wrote them and of course, Moses hailed from Egypt—(2) a conventional scroll was sold as twenty sheets pasted together. However, a scribe possessed the ability to determine the length of the scroll by cutting off or adding individual sheets to their desired length for the text. With that in mind, the longest Ancient Egyptian scroll was around 131 feet; (3) some of the Books were short enough that there were multiple Books on a singular scroll, other Books required several scrolls; (4) if a Book required more than one scroll, then the reading of that Book was broken up into multiple readings called Seder or Sedarim. Sadly, the Seders or Sedarim as held today, are nothing more than “traditions of man;” because today, they eating rituals performed by certain “Jews” during the celebration of Passover, and Christians during the celebration of “easter;” when, originally, they were divisions between Scripture in some of the longer Books within Father’s Word, i.e., The Books of Samuel, The Books of the Kings, and The Books of the Chronicles of the kings. It is necessary that the two Books of Samuel and the two Books of the Kings be treated as one Book; because, in the Hebrew Manuscripts (MS), the Massorahic texts (MSS.), Codices, or Canon—as given in the early printed editions of the Hebrew text—the two—four—Books are, and always have been, presented and reckoned as one Book. They were first divided and treated as two—four—by the Septuagint—Greek—translators in the 3^rd Century B.C.. This division has been followed in all subsequent versions. Probably, scrolls were more or less equal in length; and, as Greek writing requires at least one-third more space than Hebrew, one scroll was filled before the translation of the one long Book of Samuel containing 55 Chapters was completed. Hence the poor division of the Books. Of the thirty-four divisions, called Sedarim—or, cycles for public reading—in the Books of Samuel, the twentieth begins with I Samuel 30:25 and ends with II Samuel 2:6, showing no break in the text. This same philosophy applies to the two so-called Books of Kings; for Kings also made a long Book containing 47 Chapters, and came to be divided in the same way, the four—I Samuel, II Samuel, I Kings, and II Kings—being numbered respectively the “First, Second, Third, and Fourth Book of the Kingdoms; and in the Vulgate—the Latin version of Father’s Word—“of the Kings.” In no Hebrew MS. or early printed edition is the Book found divided into two—four. In the two so-called Books of the Kings, the thirty-five Sedarim are numbered throughout without regard to any division: the nineteenth beginning with I Kings 22:43 and ending with II Kings 2:14. This division must therefore have been governed by the exigencies of the parchment, or the break would not have been in the midst of the reign of Ahaziah and the ministry of Elijah. The one Book, Chronicles, consisting of 65 Chapters, likewise also came under the same treatment. There are twenty-five Sedarim, of which the eleventh begins with I Chronicles 28:10 and ends with II Chronicles 2:22, showing no break in the text; (5) this break here between II Chronicles 16:13,14-II Chronicles 17:1 was a poorly placed Verse and Chapter break. It was probably initially placed here by Stephen Langton—the English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury between 1207 and his death in 1228—who is credited as being the first to insert Chapter and Verse breaks in the original scrolls of Father’s Word.

With that introduction being said, let’s go to Father and ask Him for His Blessings on our Study of His Word: “Father, I come to You right now and ask that You Oh LORD Lead me and Guide me as I try and teach Your Word, don’t allow me to mis-teach or mis-lead Your Children. We, Father, also come to You as a group who desire to Learn Your Word, to thank You for inviting us to Your table in order that we might be able to partake of and receive Your Spiritual Meat, and Father, as we prepare to dine on the sustenance which sustains our inner man, we ask that You Oh LORD open our ears and eyes, that we might be able to hear and see your Truths, open our hearts and minds and prepare us in order that we may receive Your Truth. We Pray for Your Understanding of Your Word, we seek Your Knowledge in Your Word, and most importantly Father, we Pray for and desire Your Wisdom from Your Word, in Jesus’ Precious name we Pray, thank You Father, Amen.”

I Chronicles 10:1-II Chronicles 36:21
    HISTORY (UP TO THE CAPTIVITY.)
    (Division.)
11:1-II Chronicles 36:21 THE HOUSE
    of DAVID. ESTABLISHED. (Division.)
17:1-21:1 JEHOSHAPHAT. (Extended and
    Simple Alternations, with Introversion.)
17:1 Introduction and Ascension.
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II Chronicles 17:1 And Jehoshaphat (YHVH-Judged; or, whom YHVH judges) (yeh-ho-shaw-fawtי) his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel (he will rule as YAH; or, the prince that prevails with YAH) (Yis-raw-aleי) (secondary map).   —>   We read several key points concerning Jehoshaphat in I Kings 22:41-42: namely that he took over the reigns of Judah during the 4^th year of one of the House of Israel’s worst kings, king Ahab; that Jehoshaphat was 35 years old when he began his reign and rule over the House of Judah and he’ll reign for 25 years, thus meaning that he’ll return Home to Father at the age of 60 years old.

As we are in the year 2021, we have the fortunate ability to look back into the past and read about what all transpired, let’s talk about Jehoshaphat and what will happen in the near future. Though not mentioned in this Chapter, as I said above, he was 35 when he took over the reigns as king of Judah, this means that he most likely already bear his son whom he named Jehoram before he became king. This same Jehoshaphat will begin his reign and rule do as his Father Asa did and clean up the Nation of idolaters and idolatry which will be very pleasing to Father YHVH. He’ll remove the high places where people falsely worshipped; he’ll get rid of and clean up the asherah groves where the people held their “religious” orgies; he’ll remove the sodomites which had come back into the Nation during the waning years of his father’s reign and rule; he’ll send out his princes and Levites throughout all the cities of Judah to teach the people from Father’s Word; this causes all the People of the Nation to draw closer to Father, and because he was doing all this, Father caused all the nations around Judah to fear Father and Judah so that no nation came against Judah, nor did they even think of trying to make war against Judah. These were the good things Jehoshaphat did, however, in his future, he’ll make several fatal flaws: first, he’ll make peace with Ahab, the king of the House of Israel; he’ll also “make an affinity” with Ahab, meaning, he’ll have his son Jehoram marry Ahab’s daughter. What is wrong with this you ask? Ahab had married a woman named Jezebel, Jezebel was the daughter of Eth-baal, the king of Sidon—non Israelite—Eth-baal was also a priest of the false god baal and as such, he raised his daughter Jezebel to be a worshipper of baal. Ahab and Jezebel raised their daughter to also be a worshipper of baal, this daughters name was Athaliah. These fatal flaws by Jehoshaphat will sadly, cause catastrophic results in Judah as, first, Jehoram will eventually murder all his brethren so that none of them can lay claim on the throne, then after he dies and returns Home to Father, his son Ahaziah will take over the reigns of Judah, a man named Jehu, whom Father sends, will kill Ahaziah, when his mother Athaliah hears that her son is dead, she’ll murder all the seed-royal, causing the streets of Judah to “run with blood,” meaning, she will murder every male in the royal seed-line who could claim kingship. Unbeknownst to her, she’ll miss one—a child by the name of Joash; but, She’ll reign for seven years until Joash—at the age of 7— is old enough to take over as king of the House of Judah, because the Levitical Priesthood finally did their job and stirred up the People to where they returned their hearts to Father and slew the evil, wicked self-appointed queen. So, as we see, Jehoshaphat sets into motion, a very catastrophic set of events.

Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat=Great, great, great grand-son of king David, Jehoshaphat was the son of king Asa his wife and Azubah. He was the 4^th king of the House of Judah and he was 35 years old in 819B.C. when he became king and he reigned and ruled for 35 years until he died in the year 794B.C.. He was the father of several sons, his eldest Jehoram, Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah—the second son named such, compare with II Chronicles 21:2—Michael and Shephatiah. Jehoram will be the House of Judah’s 5^th king. All-in all, Jehoshaphat was considered a “good king,” as he never served any false god or idols. He was one of the best, most pious and prosperous kings of Judah, the greatest since his great, great grand-father Solomon. Spiritually, Jehoshaphat never failed in putting his rest in Father; and he put his trust in Father, crying out to and seeking Him, in time of crisis or need; he was known for doing as his father Asa had and cleaned-up all the idolatry in the House of Judah by removing all the idolaters; removing the high places where the People went to falsely worship; removing the asherah groves where the People held their sick “religious” orgies; and he also threw all the sodomites out of Judah; during the 3^rd year of his reign, he developed a system of religious instruction for the People of Judah, and after doing so, he sent the Levites and Priests throughout all Judah teaching the People “The Law,” in other words, he ensured the Levites and the Priests taught the People Father’s Word, from His Word. Secularly, being strengthened by Father, he put the Arabians and the Philistines to tribute; thus increasing the wealth of Judah; he built and strengthened his army; like Solomon and Rehoboam before him; he built a Navy and had ships of Tarshish whereby these ships went and got gold. These were the good things Jehoshaphat did, however, in his future, he’ll make several fatal flaws: first, he’ll make an alliance and an allegiance with Ahab, the king of the House of Israel; he’ll also “make an affinity” with Ahab, meaning, he’ll have his son Jehoram marry Ahab’s daughter. What is wrong with this you ask? Ahab had married a woman named Jezebel, Jezebel was the daughter of Eth-baal, the king of Sidon—non Israelite—Eth-baal was also a priest of the false god baal and as such, he raised his daughter Jezebel to be a worshipper of baal. Ahab and Jezebel raised their daughter to also be a worshipper of baal, this daughters name was Athaliah. These fatal flaws by Jehoshaphat will sadly, cause catastrophic results in Judah as, first, Jehoram will eventually murder all his brethren so that none of them can lay claim on the throne, then after he dies and returns Home to Father, his son Ahaziah will take over the reigns of Judah, a man named Jehu, whom Father sends, will kill Ahaziah, when his mother Athaliah hears that her son is dead, she’ll murder all the seed-royal, causing the streets of Judah to “run with blood,” meaning, she will murder every male in the royal seed-line who could claim kingship. Unbeknownst to her, she’ll miss one—a child by the name of Joash; but, She’ll reign for seven years until Joash—at the age of 7— is old enough to take over as king of the House of Judah, because the Levitical Priesthood finally did their job and stirred up the People to where they returned their hearts to Father and slew the evil, wicked self-appointed queen. So, as we see, Jehoshaphat sets into motion, a very catastrophic set of events. † For the etymology of the name Jehoshaphat, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Jehoshaphat consists of two elements: 1) The name יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton; the name of the Lord: YHVH. 2) The verb שפט (shapat), meaning to judge or govern: For a meaning of the name Jehoshaphat, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Yahveh Has Judged, and Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary has the similar Yah Hath Judged. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names translates Yah and suggests The Lord Judges.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we fond that it is Hebrew word number: H3092, - יְהוֹשָׁפָט, - y^ehôshâphâṭ, pronounced - yeh-ho-shaw-fawtי, and means: From H3068 and H8199; Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem: - Jehoshaphat. Compare H3146. Total KJV occurrences: 84.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Whom YHVH judges. King of Judah, son of Asa, succeeded to the throne when he was 35 years old, and reigned 25 years. His history is to be found among the events recorded in (I Kings 15:24; II Kings 8:16) or in a continuous narrative in (II Chronicles 17:1; II Chronicles 21:3). He was contemporary with Ahab, Ahaziah and Jehoram. He was one of the best, most pious and prosperous kings of Judah, the greatest since Solomon. At first he strengthened himself against Israel; but soon afterward the two Hebrew kings formed an alliance. In his own kingdom Jehoshaphat ever showed himself a zealous follower of the commandments of God: he tried to put down the high places and groves in which the people of Judah burnt incense, and sent the wisest Levites through the cities and towns to instruct the people in true morality and religion. Riches and honors increased around him. He received tribute from the Philistines and Arabians, and kept up a large standing army in Jerusalem. It was probably about the 16th year of his reign, when he became Ahab’s ally in the great battle of Ramoth-gilead, for which he was severely reproved by Jehu (II Chronicles 19:2). He built at Ezion-geber, with the help of Ahaziah, a navy designed to go to Tarshish; but it was wrecked at Ezion-geber. Before the close of his reign he was engaged in two additional wars. He was miraculously delivered from a threatened attack of the people of Ammon, Moab and Seir. After this, perhaps, must be dated the war which Jehoshaphat, in conjunction with Jehoram king of Israel and the king of Edom, carried on against the rebellious king of Moab (II Kings 3:1). In his declining years the administration of affairs was placed, in the hands of his son Jehoram.”.

Israel=For a detailed description of Israel, including his birth, his and the Nation’s history, the etymology of the name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of the name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.

17:2 Introduction and Ascension.
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II Chronicles 17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah (celebrated; and, praised, celebrated) (yeh-hoo-dawי), and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim (double fruit; and, double fruitfulness) (ef-rahי-yim), which Asa (physican or cure; or, physican) (aw-sawי) his father had taken.   —>   …Fenced cities…=His father Asa may have been strong enough to have captured or taken these cities on the outskirts of Judah—militarily, however, he didn’t have the thought to shore-up the defense—but, it was now up to Jehoshaphat to ensure they had walls and gates, plus food, soldiers, supplies, and weaponry to maintain the defense of them.

…in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken…=In my commentary of II Chronicles 15:8, I noted there, that this phrase is actually referring to the cities Asa’ father Abijah had captured from Jeroboam: Beth-el, Jeshanah and Ephrain; of which we read about back in II Chronicles 13:19. They were all in the hill country of mount Ephraim.

Judah=For a detailed description of Judah, including the Tribes history, the etymology of the name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of the name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.

Mount Ephraim=For a detailed description of Mount Ephraim, including the city’s history, the etymology of the name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of his name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.

Asa=For a detailed description of Asa, including his history, the etymology of his name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of his name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.

17:3-9 Personal, reformation.
3-19 PERSONAL REFORMATION. (Extended Alternation.)
3-5 Divine Presence.
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II Chronicles 17:3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David (loving; and, well-beloved) (Daw-veedי), and sought not unto Baalim;   —>   As I mentioned above, David was Jehoshaphat’s great, great, great grand-father. The reason this is stated this way is because, every king of the House of Judah will be compared and measured against the righteousness of king David. David only Honored, Loved, Served and Worshipped Father YHVH. Yes, David sinned and fell short; but, he never served false gods, and that is what this is saying about Jehoshaphat too, he didn’t serve any false gods or idols.

baalim=baalim is the feminine of baal, in the Strong’s Concordance, it is Hebrew word number: H1168, - בַּעַל, - ba‛al, pronounced - bahי-al, and means: The same as H1167; Baal, a Phoenician deity: - Baal, [plural] Baalim. Total KJV occurrences: 81.. When we speak of baal, we have to include the worship of ashtaroh, because they are tied together as a unit. Wherever baal worship exists, the groves are mentioned, as well as the word “asherah.” The word “asherah” in the Hebrew is from the root word “aahar,” and it means “to be straight, erect, or upright.” It is from this word that we get the moral reference, “to be upright,” hence happy and/or prosper. The male part called “asherah”—baal—is distinguished from “ashtaroth” the female goddess, yet the images are worshipped together. The ashtaroth being representative of the productive—or passive—principle of life; and “baal“ or “asherah” being representative of the generative—or active—part of the process for producing life. In other words, this is using the sexual process in a form of worship, and the shaping of the trunks of the trees as the idols and images—groves—are done to excite the worshippers into the practice, and Father hates the practice. It was from this form that the religious practices of “evolution” that we have today came from, giving “chance,” and the reproductive processes of men and women the credit of creation and salvation for mankind. It leaves Father אלהים, ELOHIM—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices,: ELOHIM—the genus God, in other words, Father in His role of Creator of all things. From Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible, Appendix 4: “ELOHIM occurs 2,700 times. Its first occurrence connects it with creation, and gives it its essential meaning as the Creator. It indicates His relation to mankind as His creatures (see note on II Chronicles 18:31, where it stands in contrast with YEHOVAH as indicating covenant relationship). ELOHIM is God the Son, the living “WORD” with creature form to create (John 1:1; Colossians 1:15-17; Revelation 3:14); and later, with human form to redeem (John 1:14). “Begotten of His Father before all worlds; born of His mother, in the world.” In this creature form He appeared to the Patriarchs, a form not temporarily assumed.”. Dr. Bullinger further notes in his Companion notes to this verse, that “(with Art.) = the [true] God.”, out of the creation process, and man ends up worshipping the creation and himself, rather than the Creator, Who is The ONE and ONLY True Living God. In some religions, symbols mean everything; and the ashrah, or the “phallus” was the symbol for the baal worship. The forming of this symbol in their formed images, made from the topping of a tree, and shaping of it became the image of worship. What started out to be the honoring of the origin of life; became a corrupted form of worshipping of the organs that produce the life. These symbols in turn, became the incentive to all forms of impurity, which in time turned into nothing but sexual orgies. Since the creation of man on the sixth day and no written knowledge of what they were worshipping, we don’t really know when this all started. However, we also can look to what was happening and happened when the fallen angels came in Genesis 6, we know that they were mating with women and doing who knows what else sexually with them; but, suffice it to say, that is was probably perverted, and from it also they were worshipping the reproductive organs. We do know some of this started also in the ancient Canaanite religions, which originated way back in Nimrod’s day, who was the grandson of Noah, the son of Ham. Ham had four sons and their names were Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan. Canaan was the father of the Canaanites who were the originators of the current baal, and ashtorah. Nimrod was the son of Cush. It was for this reason that Father gave the commandment to Israel that when they entered into the Promised Land — Father told Abram that He was going to allow some of this to come to pass back in Genesis 15, but as soon as they came out of Egypt, they were to kill all of the Canaanites, tare down their images and destroy their groves. That’s right, Father said to utterly destroy all the men, women and children, and even their animals. Sadly, they did not listen to Father; they did not destroy the Canaanites but mixed in with them and also the Gibeonites—Hivites—as we can read of in Joshua 9, because of their disobedience to Father, the Israelites have brought all their troubles upon themselves.

David=For a detailed description of David, including his birth, history, the etymology of his name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of his name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.
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II Chronicles 17:4 But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in His commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.   —>   Seek Father and He will be found. Jehoshaphat did not do as the House of Israel and serve and worship false gods and idols.

Remember what Jeroboam had started when he became the first king of the divided House of Israel? He started the calf worship, he established his own feast days, set “just any ole man” as a priest, including himself. He basically started the “playing church,” instead of sticking to the teaching of Father and His Word.

The LORD=This Title of Father as used here in this verse, is Father in His Role of יְהֹוָה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH—the sacred and personal name of Father. While Elohim is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.”.

God=As used in this verse, this is אלהים, ELOHIM—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices,: ELOHIM—the genus God, in other words, Father in His role of Creator of all things. From Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible, Appendix 4: “ELOHIM occurs 2,700 times. Its first occurrence connects it with creation, and gives it its essential meaning as the Creator. It indicates His relation to mankind as His creatures (see note on II Chronicles 18:31, where it stands in contrast with YEHOVAH as indicating covenant relationship). ELOHIM is God the Son, the living “WORD” with creature form to create (John 1:1; Colossians 1:15-17; Revelation 3:14); and later, with human form to redeem (John 1:14). “Begotten of His Father before all worlds; born of His mother, in the world.” In this creature form He appeared to the Patriarchs, a form not temporarily assumed.”. Dr. Bullinger further notes in his Companion notes to this verse, that “(with Art.) = the [true] God.”.
17:5 Presents from Judah.
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II Chronicles 17:5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand;
and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.   —>   …brought…presents…=The Peoplle were pleased with how Jehoshaphat was running the kingdom and how he had returned their hearts to Father; therefore, they joyfully brought presents to their king. This shows the deep loyalty the People had for Jehoshaphat. It also shows us, that when you put your Faith and Trust in Father and He will Bless you, however, if we walk contrary to Him, He’ll remove His Blessings from your life.
17:6-9 Goodness.
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II Chronicles 17:6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.   —>   …his heart…lifted up…in the ways of the LORD=Let’s check out this phrase “lifted up” in the Strong’s Concordance brethren, when we do, we find that it is Hebrew word number: H1361, - גָּבַהּ, - gâbahh, pronounced - gaw-bahי, and means: A primitive root; to soar, that is, be lofty; figuratively to be haughty: - exalt, be haughty, be (make) high (-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward. Total KJV occurrences: 34.. Notice all the negative connotations to this phrase; but then, you have that one “exalt” which is how the phrase is used in this verse. So, in other words, Jehoshaphat exalted the “the ways of Father,” not his own ways. Bless Father and He in turn will Bless you, exalt Him and He will exalt you, exalt yourself and you will be based, meaning humbled or brought to a low degree.

…he took away the high places and groves out of Judah=As we read in II Chronicles 14:3, his father Asa had already removed the high places and cut down the groves, so what were reading here, is that the People had re-built the high places and re-made the groves so they could re-establish the worshipping of fales gods and idols. When Jehoshaphat found them, he again removed and destroyed them.
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II Chronicles 17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail (son of might; or, son of the host (strong) (ben-khahי-yil), and to Obadiah (serving YAH; or, servant of YHVH (o-bad-yawי-hoo), and to Zechariah (YAH has remembered; and, YHVH is renowned or remembered) (zek-ar-yawי-hoo), and to Nethaneel (given of YAH; and, given of YAH) (neth-an-aleי), and to Michaiah (who (is) like YAH; and, who is like YAH) (me-kaw-yawי-hoo), to teach in the cities of Judah.   —>   princes=These princes were not as we think of princes today, they were leaders, or lay-persons who were in, or maybe, over the different cities within the territories of the House of Judah.

to teach in the cities of Judah=They were doing what? They were going throughout all the cities of Judah teaching, and what were they teaching? Father’s Word from His Word. Did they do this on their own accord and or by themselves? No, Jehoshaphat sent them, and as we’re about to read, he made sure that they had Levites and Priests with them as they went.
Ben-hail
Ben-hail=There is only one man named Ben-hail in all of Father’s Word and he is mentioned only one time, II Chronicles 17:7, where we read that he was one of the five princes who Jehoshaphat sent, along with the Levites and Priests, to teach Father’s Word throughout all the territories of Judah. † For the etymology of the name Ben-hail, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Ben-hail consists of two elements: the first part is equal to the word בן (ben), meaning son: The second part of the name Ben-hail comes from the root group חול (hul), which can be interpreted in many ways: The second part of the name Ben-hail is spelled identical to the word חיל, meaning might or strength. For a meaning of the name Ben-hail, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Son Of Strength. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names similarly reads Son Of Strength, but adds Son Of Valor. And Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary proposes Son (Man) Of Might.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H1134, - בֶּן־חַיִל, - ben-chayil, pronounced - ben-khahי-yil, and means: From H1121 and H2428; son of might; Ben Chail, an Israelite: - Ben-hail. Total KJV occurrences: 1.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read the following: “Son of the Host (strong). One of the princes whom King Jehoshaphat sent to teach in the cities of Judah (II Chronicles 17:7).”.
Obadiah
Obadiah=There are many men named Obadiah in Father’s Word, there were a minimum of two during the reign of king Jehoshaphat, one who was with the House of Israel, and one who Jehoshaphat sent throughout all udah to teach Father’s Word, from His Word in II Chronicles 17:7. † For the etymology of the name Obadiah, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Obadiah consists of two parts. The final bit is יה, which is the abbreviated form of יהוה, the Name of the Lord: YHVH. The first part of the name Obadiah comes from the root עבד ss(יabad), meaning servant or to serve: For a meaning of the name Obadiah, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Servant Of Yahveh. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Servant Of The Lord.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H5662, - עֹבַדְיָה, ssעֹבַדְיָהוּ, - ‛ôbadyâh or ‛ôbadyâhû, pronounced - o-bad-yawי or o-bad-yawי-hoo, and means: Active particle of H5647 and H3050; serving YAH; Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites: - Obadiah. Total KJV occurrences: 20.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Servant of YHVH. One of the Princes of Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:7).”.
Zechariah
Zechariah=The list of the men named Zechariah in Father’s Word is very extensive; from the Minor Prophet who has a Book named for him, to the Greek spelling of John the Baptist’s father. Here in II Chronicles 17:7, our Zechariah was a prince—read that, leader or lay-person, not an actual prince—whom Jehoshaphat sent with other princes, Levites and Priests of the House of Judah to teach Father’s Word to the People of the House of Judah.† For the etymology of the name Zechariah, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Zechariah consists of two parts. The final bit is יה, the abbreviated form of the Name of the Lord: יהוה (YHVH). The first segment of the name Zechariah comes from the verb זכר (zakar), meaning to think about or meditate upon: The name Zechariah literally means Yah Remembers or Remembrance of Yah or even Pondering Yahveh. For a meaning of the name Zechariah, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Yahveh Remembers and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Remembered Of The Lord. But following zakar’s meaning of male, we find for the name Zechariah a secondary meaning of Yah’s Male. And that isn’t all that weird considering that the name of the archangel Gabriel means God’s Guy.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H2148, - זְכַרְיָה,ss or זְכַרְיָהוּ, - z^ekaryâh or z^ekaryâhû, pronounced - zek-ar-yawי or zek-ar-yawי-hoo, and means: From H2142 and H3050; YAH has remembered; Zecarjah, the name of twenty nine Israelites: - Zachariah, Zechariah. Total KJV occurrenes: 43.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “YAH is renowned or YAH is remembered. One of the princes of Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:7).”.
Nethaneel
Nethaneel=The name Nethanel is assigned to ten men in Father’s Word, eleven if we count the Greek form Nathanael in the Gospel of JOHN. We read in II Chronicles 17:7, that Nethaneel was one of the princes who king Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with Levites and Priests to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word. † For the etymology of the name Nethaneel, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Nethanel is a compilation of the two elements, the final one being אל, El, the common abbreviation of Elohim: The first part of the name Nethanel comes from the verb נתן (natan), meaning to give: The name Nethanel means God Has Given (according to New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List) or Given of the Lord (according to Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names).”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, wherre we find that it is Hebrew word number: H5417, - נְתַנְאֵל, - n^ethan'êl, pronounced - neth-an-aleי, and means: from H5414 and H410; given of YAH; Nethanel, the name of ten Israelites: - Nethaneel. Total KJV occurrences: 14.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read the following: “Given of YAH. One of the princes of Judah whom Jehoshaphat sent to teach in the cities of his kingdom (II Chronicles 17:7).”.
Michaiah
Michaiah=Michaiah was one of the princes who king Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with Levites and Priests to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word in II Chronicles 17:7. † For the etymology of the name Michaiah, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Michaiah consists of three parts: 1) מי (mi), the common inquisitive particle that seeks after identity: who? 2) כ (ke), common particle of comparison: like, as: 3) יה (yah), the abbreviate form of יהוה, or YHVH. The name Michaiah (Who Is Like Yah) and the name Michael (Who Is Like El) are thus quite similar and it is peculiar why Michael became such a popular name in modern times while Michaiah is largely forgotten. Perhaps this is because of Michael the famous archangel, and the fact that not many people know that the name Micah is the accepted abbreviated form of Michaiah (much like our Bill for William). “To the Lord our God they will come in dread, and they will be afraid before Thee. Who is a God like Thee, who pardons iniquity...?” — Micah 7:17-18. For a meaning of the name Michaiah, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Who Is Like Yahveh? Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads the curious Who Is Like Unto The Lord?”. † Now from the Strong’s concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H4322, - מִיכָיָהוּ, - mı̂ykâyâhû, pronounced - me-kaw-yawי-hoo, and means: For H4320; who (is) like YAH; Mikajah, the name of an Israelite and an Israelitess: - Michaiah. Total KJV occurrences: 2.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Who is like YAH. One of the princes of Jehoshaphat whom he sent to teach the law of Jehovah in the cities of Judah (II Chronicles 17:7).”.
1A8
II Chronicles 17:8 And with them he sent Levites (attached; or, joined) (lay-veeי), even Shemaiah (YAH has heard; or, heard by YHVH) (shem-aw-yawי-hoo), and Nethaniah (given of YAH; and, given of YAH) (neth-an-yawי-hoo), and Zebadiah (YAH has given; and, YHVH bestowed) (zeb-ad-yaw-hooי), and Asahel (YAH has made; and, made by YAH) (as-aw-aleי), and Shemiramoth (name of heights; or, most high name) (shem-aw-ree-mothי), and Jehonathan (YHVH-given; and, whom YHVH gave) (yeh-ho-naw-thawnי), and Adonijah (my Lord is YAH; and, lord (that is, worshipper) of YAH) (ad-o-nee-yawי-hoo), and Tobijah (goodness of YAH; and, goodness of YHVH) (to-bee-yawי-hoo), and Tob-adonijah (pleasing (to) Adonijah; and, Adonijah the good ) (tobe-ado-nee-yawי-hoo), Levites; and with them Elishama (YAH of hearing; and, whom YHVH hears) (el-ee-shaw-mawי) and Jehoram (YHVH raised; and, whom YHVH has exalted) (yeh-ho-rawmי), priests.   —>   What is it that Father desires? Our answer to that question is found in Hosea 6:6, which reads: Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than your burnt offerings.   —>   The word “mercy” as used in this verse, can be translated to mean lovingkindness. So Father through His Prophet Hosea, is saying, that He desires our Love and the knowledge of Him. Jehoshaphat is bring this to pass in these verses by sending the Levites and Priests throughout all Judah teaching the People Father’s Word from His Word.
Levi
Levites=Levi was Jacob’s third eldest son, he too was born of Leah. † Levi was confederate with his older brother Simeon in exacting revenge on the Hivites for Shechem’s raping their sister Dinah, and as such, during the Blessing by their father Jacob, Levi received the same as Simeon. Genesis 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. [49:6] O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. [49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.. That being said; it was the descendants of Levi—namely Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, then Kohath’s grandchildren: Aaron, Miriam, Moses, and then Aaron’s sons and so forth—whom Father choose to bestow His Priesthood upon, Moses is included in this grouping as, he was Aaron and Miriam’s younger brother, and it was he whom Father choose to lead our forefathers up out of their bondage to the Egyptians. Yes, Levi’s descendants were indeed scattered throughout Israel; however, it was because they were the Priesthood and they became Father’s Inheritance: Numbers 18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, “Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. [18:21] And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.   —>   There is no finer inheritance. † During the Blessing of Moses in Deuteronomy 33 we read: Deuteronomy 33:8 And of Levi he said, “Let Thy Thummim and thy Urim be with Thy holy one, Whom Thou didst prove at Massah, And with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; [33:9] Who said unto his father and to his mother, ‘I have not seen him; ’ Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew his own children: For they have observed Thy word, And kept Thy covenant. [33:10] They shall teach Jacob Thy judgments, and Israel Thy law: they shall put incense before Thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon Thine altar. [33:11] Bless, LORD, his substance, And accept the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of them that rise against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.”   —>   Levi’s descendants would become the High Priest and Priest line; and, as such, the High Priest would bear the Urim and Thummim, the two stones which in the Hebrew language means “lights,” and “perfection.” “Lights” in the manner that brought all judgments of gilt to light, and “perfection” for moral perfection, and thus, innocence. The two stones were part of the Priest’s Breastplate and worn in a bag which was attached to the Breastplate. When any legal decision needed to be made, the Priest had to be present, especially concerning land or of the such. The Thummim stone would be cast down and the way the stone landed determined innocence or guilt. If a moral decision was to be made the Urim stone was cast, and the pointing determined it to be yes or no, guilt or innocence. The decisions were made on yes or no, right or wrong, and —though this is a bad analogy, it’ll still put it forth—it was sort of like flipping a coin to see what the answer would be; however, the reality was that Father had complete control over the two stones for, it was at His command that the Levites used this method to receive their answer, or judgment. The Levitical Priests were also Father’s choice that shall teach all of the tribes the full Commandments, Judgments, Laws, Ordinances and Statutes of our Father. † Now, as to the numbering of the Levites in The Book of Numbers, the Levites were left out of the numbering of the House of Israel, because Father numbered them separately in Numbers 3 where we read their numbers were: 22,300 males a month old and up; but, in Numbers 4, their numbers were 8,580 ages 30-50. † Levi’s encampment as they came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, was in the midst of the camp, surrounded by all the other Tribes. † The sign on Levi’s Standard was Libra, or more anciently “the Altar.” † For the etymology of the name Levi, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “There is some controversy about the etymology of the name the Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary suggests that the name Levi was derived from the word Levite, instead of vice versa, and that the word Levite has to do with a Minaean word for priest. Another suggestion is that the name Levi (לוי) is derived from the name Leah (לאה) and means Weary, rather than something else. Harris Archer Waltke (HAW) Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament disagrees with this kind of ‘strong disclaimers’ and (as does New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List) derives the name Levi from the verb לוה (lawa) meaning join, be joined. This is the verb that Leah uses when she names Levi, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne to him three sons” (Genesis 29:34).. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, we find it is Hebrew word number: H3878, - לוי, - lêvı̂y, pronounced - lay-veeי, and means: From H3867; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob: - Levi. See also H3879, H3881 Total KJV occurrances: 66.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “The name of the third son of Jacob by his wife Leah. The name, derived from lavah, “to adhere,” gave utterance to the hope of the mother that the affections of her husband, which had hitherto rested on the favored Rachel, would at last be drawn to her: “This time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons” Genesis 29:34. Levi, with his brother Simeon, avenged with a cruel slaughter the outrage of their sister Dinah [DINAH]. Levi, with his three sons, Gershon, Kohath and Merari, went down to Egypt with his father Jacob Genesis 47:11. When Jacob’s death draws near, and the sons are gathered round him, Levi and Simeon hear the old crime brought up again to receive its sentence. They no less than Reuben, the incestuous firstborn, had forfeited the privileges of their birthright Genesis 49:5-7—this author strongly disagrees with Dr. Smith’s statement that the Levites forfeited their birthright privileges as, though yes, the prophesy of Genesis 49:7 “…I will divide them in Jacob, I will scatter them in Israel…” did come to pass, it was Father Who scattered the Levites and made Him their Inheritance, the reason He scattered them was so that they, as His Priests, could be among all the Tribes in order to teach His Word— [LEVITES].”.
Shemaiah
Shemaiah=Father’s Word does not provide a genealogy, age, or history for Shemaiah; therefore, the only thing we know of concerning Shemaiah is that he was one of the Levites who Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with the Priests and the princes, to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word as we read in II Chronicles 17:7-9. † For the etymology of the name Shemaiah, we read the following from Abarim Publications: “The name Shemaiah consists of two elements, the final one being יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH—or YAHVEH, (the sacred and personal name of Father). The first part of our name comes from the verb שמע (shamaי), meaning to hear: For a meaning of the name Shemaiah, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads YAHVEH Has Heard and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Heard Of The Lord. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary does not interpret this name but does list it under the verb שמע (shamaי), meaning to hear.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H8098, - שְׁמַעְיָה or שְׁמַעְיָהוּ, - shema‛yâh or shema‛yâhû, pronounced - shem-aw-yawי or shem-aw-yawי-hoo, and means: From H8085 and H3050; YAH has heard; Shemajah, the name of twenty five Israelites: - Shemaiah. Total KJV occurrences: 41.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “heard by YHVH. A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:8).”.
Nethaniah
Nethaniah=Father’s Word does not provide a genealogy, age, or history for Nethaniah; therefore, the only thing we know of concerning Nethanaiah is that he was one of the Levites who Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with the Priests and the princes, to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word as we read in II Chronicles 17:7-9. † For the etymology of the name Nethaniah, we read the following from Abarim Publications: “The name Nethaniah consists of two elements, the final one being יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh. The first part of our name comes from the verb נתן (natan) meaning to give: For a meaning of the name Nethaniah, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Yahveh has Given, and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Given Of The Lord. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary does not translate this name but does list it under the verb נתן (natan), meaning to give:” † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H5418, - נְתַנְיָה,ss or נְתַנְיָהוּ, - n^ethanyâh or n^ethanyâhû, pronounced - neth-an-yawי or neth-an-yawי-hoo, and means: From H5414 and H3050; given of YAH; Nethanjah, the name of four Israelites: - Nethaniah. Total KJV occurrences: 20.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Given of YHVH. A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:8).”.
Zebadiah
Zebadiah=Father’s Word does not provide a genealogy, age, or history for Zebadiah; as such, the only thing we know of concerning Zebadiah is that he was one of the Levites who Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with the Priests and the princes, to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word as we read in II Chronicles 17:7-9. † For the etymology of the name Zebadiah, we read the following from Abarim Publications: “The name Zebadiah consists of two elements; the final part comes from יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton; the name of the Lord: YHVH. The first part of the name Zebadiah comes from the verb זבד (zabad), meaning to give: For a meaning of the name Zebadiah, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Yahveh Has Bestowed. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary proposes Yah Hath Bestowed. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Gift Of The Lord.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H2069, - זְבַדְיָה,ss or זְבַדְיָהוּ, - z^ebadyâh, or z^ebadyâhû, pronounced - zeb-ad-yawי or zeb-ad-yawי-hoo, and means: From H2064 and H3050; YAH has given; Zebadjah, the name of nine Israelites: - Zebadiah. Total KJV occurrences: 9.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “YHVH bestowed. A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:8).”.
Asahel
Asahel=Father’s Word does not provide a genealogy, age, or history for Asahel; as such, the only thing we know of concerning Asahel is that he was one of the Levites who Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with the Priests and the princes, to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word as we read in II Chronicles 17:7-9. † For the etymology of the name Asahel, we read the following from Abarim Publications: “The name Asahel consists of two elements. The first element comes from the very common Hebrew verb עשהss(יasa), meaning to do, fashion, accomplish: The second part of the name Asahel is the word אל (EL), the common abbreviation of ELOHIM—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: ELOHIM—the genus God. EL is essentially the Almighty, though the word is never so rendered. EL is ELOHIM in all His strength and power. It is rendered “God” as ELOHIM is, but EL is God the Omnipotent. ELOHIM is God the Creator putting His omnipotence into operation. The name Asahel means Made By God (or Made Of God as Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has it), and is the exact reverse of the name Eleasah, God Has Made.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6214, - עֲשָׂהאֵל, - ‛ăśâh'êl, pronounced - as-aw-aleי, and means: From H6213 and H410; YAH has made, Asahel, the name of four Israelites: - Asahel. Total KJV occurrences: 18.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “made by YAH. One of the Levites in the reign of Jehoshaphat, who went throughout the cities of Judah to instruct the people in the knowledge of the law (II Chronicles 17:8).”.
Shemiramoth
Shemiramoth=Father’s Word does not provide a genealogy, age, or history for Shemiramoth; as such, the only thing we know of concerning Shemiramoth is that he was one of the Levites who Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with the Priests and the princes, to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word as we read in II Chronicles 17:7-9. † For the etymology of the name Shemiramoth, we read the following from Abarim Publications: “The name Shemiramoth (שמירמות) consists of two elements, the first one being the noun שם (shem), meaning name or renown: The second part of our name looks like it might be derived from the verb רום (rum), meaning to be high, lofty or arrogant: However, the alternative spelling of שמרימות, which the Masoretes deemed a text error and corrected, seems to consist from two different elements. This other spelling seems like it starts with the form שמר (shamar): And the second part of our name looks like it has to do with the verb מות (mut), meaning to die or to kill: For a meaning of the name Shemiramoth, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Fame Of The Highest and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Most Exalted Name. But the alternative spelling of our name could be construed to mean something like: Dregs Kill, or Death To The Thorn Bush, or perhaps even Death Watches.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H8070, - שְׁמִירָמוֹת, or שְׁמָרִימוֹת, - sh^emı̂yrâmôth, or sh^emârı̂ymôth, pronounced - shem-ee-raw-mothי, or shem-aw-ree-mothי, and means: Probably from H8034 and H7413; name of heights; Shemiramoth, the name of two Israelites: - Shemiramoth. Total KJV occurrences: 4.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Most high name. One of the Levites in the reign of Jehoshaphat, who went throughout the cities of Judah to instruct the people in the knowledge of the law (II Chronicles 17:8).”.
Jehonathan
Jehonathan=Father’s Word does not provide a genealogy, age, or history for Jehonathan; therefore, the only thing we know of concerning Jehonathan is that he was one of the Levites who Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with the Priests and the princes, to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word as we read in II Chronicles 17:7-9. † For the etymology of the name Jehonathan, we read the following from Abarim Publications: “The name Jonathan (which, by the way, has nothing to do with the name John; short for Jonathan is Nate) is among the most popular names in the Bible. It’s in turn short for the name Jehonathan (יהונתן), and the shorter and longer versions alternate without an obvious distinction. The name Jonathan consists of two elements. The first part is יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which is the commonly accepted abbreviated form of יהוה, which is YHVH, the Name of the Lord. The second part of the name Jonathan comes from the verb נתן (natan), meaning to give: For the meaning of the name Jonathan, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Yahveh Has Given. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads The Lord Gave or Lord Of Giving.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3083, - יְהוֹנָתָן, - y^ehônâthân, pronounced - yeh-ho-naw-thawnי, and means: From H3068 and H5414; YHVH-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites: - Jonathan. Compare H3129. Total KJV occurrences: 111.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Whom YHVH gave. One of the Levites who were sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah, with a book of the law, to teach the people (II Chronicles 17:8).”.
Adonijah
Adonijah=Adonijah was one of the Levites who king Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with the Priests and princes to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word in II Chronicles 17:7. † For the etymology of the name Adonijah, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Adonijah consists of two elements. The first part comes from the Hebrew word אדן (adon), roughly meaning lord: The second part of the name Adonijah is the appellative יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH. When two words are joined, and the first one ends on the letter י (yod), while the second one starts with one, the two yods tend to blend into one. That means that the first part of our name may in fact be אדני (adoni), which means either my lord, or lord of, depending on the context.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H138, - אֲדֹנִיָּה,ss or אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ, - 'ădônı̂yâh or 'ădônı̂yâhû, pronounced - ad-o-nee-yawי or ad-o-nee-yawי-hoo, and means: From H113 and H3050; lord (that is worshiper) of YAH; Adonijah, the name of three Israelites: - Adonijah. Total KJV occurrences: 26.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “My Lord is YHVH. A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:8)”.
Tobijah
Tobijah=Father’s Word does not provide us with a genealogy or history of Tobijah, therefore, the only thing we know of his is that he was one of the Levites who king Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with the Priests and princes to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word in II Chronicles 17:7. † For the etymology of the name Tobijah, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “This article deals with one name, which occurs in the two forms טוביה (Tobiah) and טוביהו (Tobiahu), with a final waw. It’s very common for names that end with the letters יה to also exist ending with יהו, and English transliterations commonly ignore the extended version of these names and only print the shorter one, without the u in the end. But Tobiah is a special case. For some wholly obscure reason, English translations read Tobiah for טוביה and Tobijah for טוביהו. Note that this distinction does not exist in Hebrew. The name Tobiah consists of two elements, the final one being יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh. The first element of our name is the same as the verb, adjective and noun טוב (tob), meaning to be good, good or goodness: It needs to be noted that when words are combined and two letters י (yod) sit side by side, they absorb into one. And that means that when there is a single yod on the conjunction of two elements, there might have been two to start with. Some scholars insist that the tob part had a yod stuck to it too, and that would mean “good of” or “my good”. For a meaning of the name Tobiah(u), New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List proposes Yahveh Is Good (ignoring the possibility of a double yod). Alfred Jones (Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names) believes in the double yod, translates the word טוב (tob) with a rather stretched “distinguished” and reads Distinguished Of The Lord. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary also believes there was a double yod and translates Tobiah(u) with Yah(u) Is My Good.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word Number: H2900, - טוֹבִיָּה,ss or טוֹבִיָּהוּ, - ṭôbı̂yâh, or ṭôbı̂yâhû, pronounced - to-bee-yawי or to-bee-yawי-hoo and means: From H2896 and H3050; goodness of YHVH;; Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan: - Tobiah, Tobijah. Total KJV occurrences: 18.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Goodness of YHVH. One of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat, to teach the law in the cities of Judah (II Chronicles 17:8).”.
Tob-adonijah
Tob-adonijah=There is only one man named Tob-adoniajah in all Father’s Word, and he is only mentioned one time: II Chronicles 17:8. Father’s Word does not provide us with a genealogy nor history of the man and as such, the only thing we know of him is that he was one of the Levites who king Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with the Priests and princes to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word in II Chronicles 17:7-9. † For the etymology of the name Tobadonijah, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Tobadonijah consists of three elements, the final one being יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh. The first part of our name comes from the familiar Hebrew word טוב (tob), meaning good: The second part of the name Tobadonijah comes from the noun אדון ss(יadon), meaning lord: The letter י (yod) could be the resultant of two yods, namely one that belongs to the Tetragrammaton יהוה, and one that goes with the noun אדון ss(יadon), yielding the meaning of “my Lord”. Two consecutive yods usually assimilate into one, so there’s no telling how many there were before the words were joined. For a meaning of the name Tobadonijah, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reckons there was only one yod and reads Good Is Lord Yahveh. Alfred Jones (Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names) who insists on translating the noun טוב (tob) with “distinguished,” sees the yod as the result of two, and proposes Distinguished Of My Lord-Jehovah. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary also goes with the double yod and reads Good Is My Lord Yahveh.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H2899, - טוֹב אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ, - ṭôb 'ădônı̂yâhû, pronounced - tobe ado-nee-yahי-hoo, and means: From H2896 and H138; pleasing (to) Adonijah; Tob-Adonijah, an Israelite: - Tob-adonijah. Total KJV occurrences: 1.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Adonijah the good. One of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah to teach the law to the people (II Chronicles 17:8).”.
Elishama
Elishama=Father’s Word does not provide us with a genealogy or history of Elishama, therefore, the only thing we know of him is that he was one of the two Priests who king Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with the Levites and princes to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word in II Chronicles 17:7-9. † For the etymology of the name Elishama, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Elishama consists of the same two elements as the name Ishmael and is in fact the reverse of it. The first part of our name is אל ss(יel), Who is God Who wills and orders all, and Who is to be the one object of the worship of His people. EL is the God Who knows all (first occ. Gen. 14:18,22) and sees all (Gen. 16:13) and that performeth all things for His people (Ps. 57:2); and in Whom all the Divine attributes are concentrated, or the common abbreviation of Elohim, the genus God: The second part of our name comes from the verb שמע (shamaי), meaning to hear: For a meaning of the name Elishama, both New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List and Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary read God Has Heard. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes God The Hearer or My God Will Hear.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H476, - אֱלִישָׁמָע, - 'ĕlı̂yshâmâ‛, pronounced - el-ee-shaw-mawי, and means: From H410 and H8085; YAH of hearing; Elishama, the name of seven Israelites: - Elishama. Total KJV occurrences: 17.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Whom YAH hears. A priest in the time of Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:8).”.
Jehoram
Jehoram=Father’s Word does not provide us with a genealogy or history of Jehoram, therefore, the only thing we know of him is that he was one of the two Priests who king Jehoshaphat sent throughout all the cities of the House of Judah, along with the Levites and princes to teach the People Father’s Word from His Word in II Chronicles 17:7-9. † For the etymology of the name Jehoram, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Jehoram consists of two elements, the first one being יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton; the name of the Lord: YHVH. The second part of the name Jehoram comes from the verb רום (rum), meaning to be high or lofty: For a meaning of the name Jehoram, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Yahveh Is High. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes The Lord Exalts and Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary suggests Yah Is Exalted.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3088, - יְהוֹרָם, - Y^ehôrâm, pronounced - yeh-ho-rawmי, and means: From H3068 and H7311; YHVH-raised; Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites: - Jehoram, Joram. Compare H3141. Total KJV occurrences: 29.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Whom YHVH has exalted. A priest in the time of Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:8).”.
1A9
II Chronicles 17:9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the People.   —>   So, the princes, the Levites and the Priests went throughout all the cities of the House of Judah teaching the People. They were’t just evangelizing or speaking nice words, they were reading and teaching Father’s Word from His Word. They were reading the Torah, the Law, the first five Books which Moses himself had written as Directed by Father. What Moses wrote, came from Father Himself. The princes were teaching the civil law while the Levites and the Priests were teaching the religious and worship portion of Father’s Law.

17:10 Divine protecttion.
1A10
II Chronicles 17:10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.   —>   Every king, leader, ruler and or military leader of every nation which bordered Jehoshaphat and the House of Judah, knew and understood that Jehoshaphat put his trust in Father, and because he did so, Father was with Jehoshaphat; therefore, there were no one who dared try and come against Judah.

…the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah…=So, Who was it that “put the fear of Father” in the minds of these people? Father Himself did this.

17:11 Presents from Philistines and Arabians.
1A11
II Chronicles 17:11 Also some of the Philistines (rolling; that is, migratory; or, immigrants) (pel-ehי-sheth) brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians (Patrial from H6152; an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab, a country east of Palestine; or, desert or barren) (ar-aw-beeי) brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.   —>   …Philistines brought Jehoshaphat present and tribute…=Remember brethren, the Philistines have been an arch enemy of Israel’s for decades and centuries; so for them to be bringing Jehoshaphat presents and tribute, now that is saying something.

…Arabians brought him flocks…=The Arabians have always been a nomadic, tribal people, their wealth has always been their herds and their flocks of animals, therefore they gave Jehoshaphat of those.

Seven=The number seven in Biblical numberics denotes spiritual perfection. It is the number or hall-mark of the Holy Spirit’s work. He is the Author of God’s Word, and seven is stamped on it as the water-mark is seen in the manufacture of paper. He is the Author and Giver of life; and seven is the number which regulates every period of Incubation and Gestation, in insects, birds, animals, and man.

Philistine(s)=For a detailed description of the Philistine(s), including his/their history, the etymology of the name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of the name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.
Arabians
Arabians=The land of Arabia was comprised of multiple tribes of peoples of different lineage: Arabians, Edomites, Horites, Idumeans, and Ishmaelites; and over the course of time they combined, merged and mixed among themselves whereby they came to be known by the general designation of Arabs or Arabians, we read in II Chronicles 9:14 the following: II Chronicles 9:14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.   —>   So as we see, not only was it comprised of multiple tribes of peoples, but each had their own king. The people themselves were nomadic in nature, meaning that they all drifted and wandered throughout the land of Arabia in order to feed their flocks and herds of animals which was where their wealth was, in their herds and flocks of animals. The land of Arabia was an arid, barren desert which assists in explaining why they wandered around so much, they were drifting from fertile land to fertile land. † For the etymology of the name Arabians, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Arabia comes from the cluster of roots of the form ערב ss(יarab), and most fundamentally conveys a criss-crossing motion: The name Arabia literally means Nomadia, and in Biblical times this epithet probably covered any area in which people — ערבי ss(יarabi; nomads) — were habitually on the move. Here at Abarim Publications we surmise that the name Arabia also belonged to the phenomenon of large-scale international information exchange; a kind of proto-internet that was governed by the tales of caravan men, or the slow but grand unification of the world’s wisdom traditions by means of informal exchange of stories and legends, and this as a side-effect of international trade.” † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6163, - עֲרָבִי,ss or עַרְבִי, - ‛ărâbı̂y, or ‛arbı̂y, pronounced - ar-aw-beeי or ar-beeי, and means: Patrial from H6152; an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (that is, Arabia): - Arabian. Total KJV occurrences: 9.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Desert or barren. A country known in the Old Testament under two designations: — The East Country, (Genesis 25:6) or perhaps the East, (Genesis 10:30; Numbers 23:7; Isaiah 2:6) and Land of the Sons of the East, (Genesis 29:1) Gentile name, Sons of the East, (Judges 6:3; 7:12; I Kings 4:30; Job 1:3; Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 49:28; Ezekiel 25:4). From these passages it appears that Land of the East and Sons of the East indicate, primarily, the country east of Palestine, and the tribes descended from Ishmael and from Keturah; and that this original signification may have become gradually extended to Arabia and its inhabitants generally, though without any strict imitation.”.

17:12-19 Greatness.
1A12
II Chronicles 17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.   —>   Let’s check out two words from this verse brethren: “castles” and “store.” The word castle in the Strong’s Concordance, is Hebrew word number: H1003, - בִּירָנִית, - bı̂yrânı̂yth, pronounced - bee-raw-neethי, and means: From H1002, fortress, castle. Total KJV occurrences: 2.. When we look at Hebrew word number H1002, we find that it translates to “palace.” But, when we look up the word “store,” we find that it is Hebrew word number: H4543, - מִסְכְּנָה, - misk^enâh, pronounced - mis-ken-awי, and means: By transposition from H3664; a magazine: - store(-house), treasure. Total KJV occurrences: 7.. So, what Jehoshaphat was building, were both palaces with treasuries and fortified store houses with armories for war-fighting.

This verse shows us, that like Jehoshaphat’s great, great-grand father Solomon, he too had peace on every border. Why did he enjoy such peace and prosperity? The chapter already explained that he put his confidence and trust in Father YHVH.
1A13
II Chronicles 17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem (founded peaceful; or, the habitation of peace) (Yer-oo-shaw-lahי-im).   —>   The word “business” as used here, does not mean commerse, it means that Jehoshaphat was busily engaged in the daily running of his kingdom. As the previous verse shows us, he was building palaces and storehouses, building up his military, ensuring he had supplies, food and weapons in all the storehouses etc..

Jerusalem=For a detailed description of Jerusalem, including the Nations history, the etymology of the name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of the name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.

17:14-19 Military build-up and mighty men of valor.
1A14
II Chronicles 17:14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah (pleasure; or, pleasure) (ad-nawי) the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.   —>   Adnah was Jehoshaphat’s first General, he had 300,000 troops under his command.

I’m going to have to disagree with our Pastor on this verse. Pastor Dennis stated that “numbering the troops” is bad and is what got David in trouble—with which I do agree, as he allowed satan to tempt him into numbering his war-fighters—however, this and the following verses do not say a numbering had taken place, they only give the number that each of the Generals had under their commands. I believe—a phrase or saying I very much dislike when discussing Father’s Word—that the numbers are provided only to show how prosperous Father had made the Nation, and the numbers are as high as they are because Judah had not engaged in any conflicts or wars in recent times and when you do not engage in conflict or war, your numbers only increase, not decrease; besides, it is both strategically and tactically smart to know the number of men under your command.
Adnah
Adnah=Adnah was a General during the reign and rule of Jehoshaphat, of who we read of in II Chronicles 17:14. This is the only mention of this General; as such, the only thing we know of him was that he commanded 300,000 troops. † For the etymology of the name Adnah, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Adnah I (ending on the letter he) occurs just once in the Bible, more than a century after Adnah II. Adnah I is a Judahite commander of a division of king Jehoshaphat’s army (II Chronicles 17:14). This version of the name Adnah comes from the Hebrew noun עדן ss(יeden), meaning delight or luxury: For a meaning of Adnah I, both New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names read Pleasure.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: 5734, - עַדְנָה, - ‛adnâh, pronounced - ad-nawי, and means: From H5727; pleasure; Adnah, the name of two Israelites: - Adnah. Total KVJ occurrences: 2.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Pleasure. The captain of over 300,000 men of Judah who were in Jehoshaphat’s army (II Chronicles 17:14).”.
1A15
II Chronicles 17:15 And next to him was Jehohanan (YHVH-favored; or, whom YHVH gave) (yeh-ho-khaw-nawnי) the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.   —>   Jehohanan was Jehoshaphat’s second General, he had 280,000 troops under his command.
Jehohanan
Jehohanan=Jehohanan was one of four Generals under the Command of Adnah the Commanding General, during the reign and rule of Jehoshaphat, of who we read of in II Chronicles 17:15. Jehohanan was second in Command, and he commanded 280,000 troops. We read of his son Ishmael being a Captain over hundreds in II Chronicles 23:1. † For the etymology of the name Jehohanan, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Jehohanan consists of two distinct elements, the first one being יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh. The second element of our name comes from the verb חנן (hanan), meaning to be gracious: For a meaning of the name Jehohanan, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Yahveh Is Gracious. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes The Lord Graciously Gave. And Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary has Yah Hath Been Gracious.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3076, - יְהוֹחָנָן, - y^ehôchânân, pronounced - yeh-ho-khaw-nawnי, and means: From H3068 and H2603; YHVH-favored; Jehochanan, the name of eight Israelites: - Jehohanan, Johanan. Compare H3110. Total KJV occurrences: 9.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Whom YHVH gave. One of the principal men of Judah under King Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:15) comp. II Chronicles 17:13 and II Chronicles 17:19.”.
1A16
II Chronicles 17:16 And next him was Amasiah (YAH has loaded; or, whom YHVH bears) (am-as-yawי) the son of Zichri (memorable; and, memorable) (zik-reeי), who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.   —>   Amasiah was Jehoshaphat’s third General in command, he had 200,000 troops under his command.

…willingly offered himself unto the LORD…=This phrase just means that Amasiah—like all the other Officers and war-fighters, you could think as our all volunteer military today—volunteered to be in the military.
Amasiah
Amasiah=Amasiah was the son of a man named Zichri and a General during the reign and rule of Jehoshaphat, of who we read of in II Chronicles 17:16. This is the only mention of this General; as such, the only thing we know of him was that he was third in command and he commanded 200,000 troops. † For the etymology of the name Amasiah, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Amasiah consists of two elements. The first part comes from the verb עמס ss(יamas), meaning to carry: The second part of the name Amasiah is the appellative יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh. For a meaning of the name Amasiah, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Yahveh Bears and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Carried Of The Lord.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6007, - עֲמַסְיָה, - ‛ămasyâh, pronounced - am-as-yawי, and means: from H6006 and H3050; YAH has loaded; Amasjah, an Israelite: - Amasiah. Total KJV occurrences: 1.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Whom YHVH bears. Son of Zichri and captain of 200,000 warriors of Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:16).”.
Zichri
Zichri=Zichri was the father of one of Jehoshaphat’s Generals of who we read of in II Chronicles 17:16. This is the only mention of this Zichri in Father’s Word; as such, we know nothing of of the man except that he lived within the confines of the House of Judah during the reign and rule of Jehoshaphat. † For the etymology of the name Zichri, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Zichri comes from the verb זכר (zakar), meaning to remember: The letter י (yod) upon which our name ends, may either create an adjective (commemorative), a possessive form (my remembrance), or may be a remnant of יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh. For a meaning of the name Zichri, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List goes with the adjective and reads Famous. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names takes the yod to be a sign of the Divine name but still just reads Remembered, and only adds “of the Lord”. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary does not offer an interpretation of this name but does list it under the verb זכר (zakar), meaning to remember.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H2147, - זִכְרִי, - zikrı̂y, pronounced - zik-reeי, and means: From H2142; memorable; Zicri, the name of twelve Israelites: - Zichri. Total KJV occurrences: 12.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Memorable. One of the tribe of Judah, father of Amasiah (II Chronicles 17:16).”.
1A17
II Chronicles 17:17 And of Benjamin (son of (the) right hand; or, son of the right hand, fortunate (bin-yaw-meneי); Eliada (YAH (is) knowing; or, known by YAH) (el-yaw-dawי) a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.   —>   Eliada was of the Tribe of Benjamin and Jehoshaphat’s fourth General in command; he also had 200,000 troops under his command.

The Benjamites were well noted for several things: being left-handed, being deadly with a bow and arrow, and being deadly with a sling; we can read of all three of these in Judges 20:15-16; I Chronicles 8:40 and I Chronicles 12:2, lets read them: Judges 20:15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. [20:16] Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.; I Chronicles 8:40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.; and now I Chronicles 12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin..

Benjamin=For a detailed description of Benjamin, including his birth, history, the etymology of his name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of his name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.
Eliada
Eliada=Eliada was one of Jehoshaphat’s Generals of who we read of in II Chronicles 17:17. This is the only mention of this Eliada in Father’s Word; as such, we know nothing of of the man except that he was a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor and lived within the confines of the House of Judah during the reign and rule of Jehoshaphat. † For the etymology of the name Eliada, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Eliada consists of two elements, the first one being אל (El), the common abbreviation of Elohim, meaning God (or gods): The second element of our name comes from the verb ידע (yadaי), meaning to know: For a meaning of the name Eliada, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads God Has Known. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes Whom God Knows. And Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary proposes God Knows.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H450, - אֶלְיָדָע, - 'elyâdâ‛, pronounced - el-yaw-dawי, and means: From H410 and H3045; YAH (is) knowing; Eljada, the name of two Israelites and of an Aramaean: - Eliada. Total KJV occurrences: 4.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Known by YAH. A mighty man of war, a Benjamite, who led 200,000 of his tribe to the army of Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:17).”.
1A18
II Chronicles 17:18 And next him was Jehozabad (YHVH-endowded; or, whom YHVH gave) (yeh-ho-zaw-bawdי), and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.   —>   Jehozabad was Jehoshaphat’s fifth General in command, he had 180,000 troops under his command.

So, Adnah had 300,000, Jehohanan had 280,000, Amasiah had 200,000, Eliada had 200,000 and Jehozabad has 180,000, thus making a total of 1,160,000 war-fighters, able and ready to go to war. Quite a number; but, Jehoshaphat didn’t need this army, he was doing things as Father desired, and as such, Father was on his side, and when Father is on your side, you are in the majority and He will give you the victory.
Jehozabad
Jehozabad=Jehozabad was a General during the reign and rule of Jehoshaphat, of who we read of in II Chronicles 17:18. This is the only mention of this General; as such, the only thing we know of him was that he was fifth in command and he commanded 180,000 troops. † For the etymology of the name Jehozabad, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Jehozabad consists of two elements, the first being יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton; the name of the Lord: YHVH or Yahveh. The second part of our name comes from the verb זבד (zabad), meaning to give: For a meaning of the name Jehozabad, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Yahveh Has Bestowed and Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary has the similar Yah Hath Bestowed. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names suggests the slightly different Whom The Lord Gave.” † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3075, - יְהוֹזָבָד, - y^ehôzâbâd, pronounced - yeh-ho-zaw-bawdי, and means: From H3068 and H2064; YHVH-endowded; Jehozabad, the name of three Israelites: - Jehozabad. Total KJV occurrences: 4. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Whom YHVH gave. A Benjamite, captain of 180,000 armed men, in the days of King Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 17:18).”.
1A19
II Chronicles 17:19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.   —>   So, besides the 1,600,000 war-fighters whom Jehoshaphat’s 5 Generals had under their commands, there were other war-fighters who Jehoshaphat also had scattered throughout all Judah for the defense of the Nation. A superb tactical strategy.

Sept 2021.

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