2 Chronicles 18:33

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
drew	מָשַׁ֤ךְ ma.Shakh	H4900	to draw · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
bow	בַּקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙ ba.Ke.shet	H7198	a bow · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
venture	לְתֻמּ֔וֹ le.tu.Mo	H8537	completeness · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
smote	וַיַּךְ֙ vai.yaKh	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
joints	הַדְּבָקִ֖ים ha.de.va.Kim	H1694	a joint · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
harness	הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ן ha.shir.Yan	H8302	a corslet (as if twisted) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
chariot	לָֽרַכָּ֗ב la.ra.Kav	H7395	a charioteer · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
man	וְאִ֗ישׁ ve.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Turn	הֲפֹ֧ךְ ha.Fokh	H2015	to turn about or over · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
hand	יָדְךָ֛ ya.dei.kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
out	וְהוֹצֵאתַ֥נִי ve.ho.tze.Ta.ni	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
host	הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה ha.ma.cha.Neh	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
wounded	הָחֳלֵֽיתִי ho.cho.Lei.ti	H2470	properly · verb, hophal perfect, 1st person common singular

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

2 Samuel 15:11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
1 Kings 22:34-35 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver…
2 Chronicles 35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 18:28–end

We have here, 1. Good Jehoshaphat exposing himself in his robes, thereby endangered, and yet delivered. We have reason to think that Ahab, while he pretended friendship, really aimed at Jehoshaphat's life, to take him off, that he might have the management of his successor, who was his son-in-law, else he would never have advised him to enter into the battle with his robes on, which was but to make himself an easy mark to the enemy: and, if really he intended that, it was as unprincipled a piece of treachery as ever man was guilty of, and justly was he himself taken in the pit he digged for his friend. The enemy had soon an eye upon the robes, and vigorously attacked the unwary prince who no…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 18:33

A certain man drew a bow - The Targum tells us who it was. "Now, Naaman, the captain of the host of the great king of Syria, drew a bow against him, (that the prophecy of Elijah the Tishbite, and of Micaiah the son of Imla, might be fulfilled), and smote the king of Israel between the heart and the caul of the liver, through the place where the coat of mail is joined." See the note on Kg2 5:1 for this tradition.

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 18:28-34

Although Ahab knew he had gone against God’s will and was therefore liable for the consequences, his immediate concern was the Aramean army. His belief that he could defy God’s judgment against him indicates his disregard for the Lord; his error was fatal.

Dictionary and topics

Harness — (1.) Heb. ‘asar, “to bind;” hence the act of fastening animals to a cart (1 Sam. 6:7, 10; Jer. 46:4, etc.). (2.) An Old English word for “armour;” Heb. neshek (2 Chr. 9:24). (3.) Heb. shiryan, a coat…
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…
Chariots · Drivers generally employed for — Drivers generally employed for
Coat Of Mail · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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).

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Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 18:28–end

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 18:33

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 18:2

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 18:28-34

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Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 18:28–end

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 18:33

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 18:2

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 18:28-34

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 18:33