2 Chronicles 18:2

And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
after	לְקֵ֨ץ le.Ketz	H7093	an extremity · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
years	שָׁנִ֤ים sha.Nim	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
down	וַיֵּרֶד֩ vai.ye.Red	H3381	to descend (literally · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Ahab	אַחְאָב֙ 'ach.'Av	H256	Achab · proper noun, a man's name
Samaria	לְשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן le.Sho.me.Ron	H8111	Shomeron · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Ahab	אַחְאָ֜ב 'ach.'Av	H256	Achab · proper noun, a man's name
killed	וַיִּֽזְבַּֽח vai.yiz.bach-	H2076	to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sheep	צֹ֤אן tzon	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
oxen	וּבָקָר֙ u.va.Kar	H1241	beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gen… · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
abundance	לָרֹ֔ב la.Ro	H7230	abundance (in any respect) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
people	וְלָעָ֖ם ve.la.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
persuaded	וַיְסִיתֵ֕הוּ vay.si.Te.hu	H5496	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
up	לַעֲל֖וֹת la.'a.Lot	H5927	to ascend · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Ramoth-gilead	רָמֹת גִּלעָד Râmôth Gilʻâd	H7433	Ramoth-Gilad

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 1:9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons,…
2 Kings 9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine h…
2 Chronicles 19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that…
Deuteronomy 4:43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the…
Joshua 20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramot…
1 Kings 4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the r…
1 Kings 17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
1 Kings 22:2-35 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 18:1-3

Here is, I. Jehoshaphat growing greater. It was said before (Ch2 17:5) that he had riches and honour in abundance; and here it is said again that his wealth and honour increased upon him by piety and good management. II. Not growing wiser, else he would not have joined with Ahab, that degenerate Israelite, who had sold himself to work wickedness. What good could he get by a man that was so bad? What good could he do to a man that was so obstinately wicked - an idolater, a persecutor? With him he joined in affinity, that is, married his son Jehoram to Ahab's daughter Athaliah. 1. This was the worst match that ever was made by any of the house of David. I wonder what Jehoshaphat could promise…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 18:1

Jehoshaphat had riches and honor - The preceding chapter gives ample proof of this. Joined affinity with Ahab - Took his daughter Athalia to be wife to his son Joram.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 18:2

And after certain years,.... Two years, according to the Syriac and Arabic versions, or in the third year after the affinity was contracted, see 1 Kings 22:2, he went down to Ahab to Samaria; to pay him a visit upon the alliance, civil and matrimonial, contracted between them: and Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him; entertained him and his retinue in a very grand and liberal manner: and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead; from hence, to the end of the chapter, it is the same with 1 Kings 22:4.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 18:1-2

Jehoshaphat’s alliance with Ahab led him to compromise his faithfulness to the Lord (see 19:2-3; cp. 2 Cor 6:14-18). The marriage of his son Jehoram (2 Chr 21:1) to Ahab’s daughter Athaliah (22:2) brought Israel’s apostasy into Judah (see 21:5-6, 12-13; 22:1-4).

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 18:2

Dictionary and topics

Zedekiah — Righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz…
Ox, The · Used for: Food — Used for: Food

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).