2 Chronicles 19:2

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¹ When Jehoshaphat king of Judah had returned safely to his home in Jerusalem,

Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

³ However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”

⁴ Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
KJV: 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 hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
WEB: Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, wrath is on you from before the LORD.
ASV: And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate Jehovah? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before Jehovah.
DARBY: 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 hate Jehovah? Therefore is wrath upon thee from Jehovah.
BLB: And Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should [you be] giving help to the wicked, and those hating YHWH would you love? And for this, wrath [is] upon you from before the face of YHWH.

ÅB: Da gikk seeren Jehu, Hananis sønn, ut imot ham, og han sa til kong Josjafat: Skal en hjelpe den ugudelige, og skal du elske dem som hater Herren? For dette hviler det vrede over deg fra Herren.
OTB: Og Jehu, sønn av Hanani, seeren, gikk ut for å møte ham og sa til kong Josjafat: "Skal du hjelpe de ugudelige og elske dem som hater Herren, og slik bringe vrede over deg selv fra Herren?
B1930: Da gikk seeren Jehu, Hananis sønn, ut imot ham, og han sa til kong Josafat: Skal en hjelpe den ugudelige, og skal du elske dem som hater Herren? For dette hviler det vrede over dig fra Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 139:21–22
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
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2 John 1:10–11
If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
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Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
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2 Chronicles 18:3
Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
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James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
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2 Chronicles 32:25
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 20:34
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 16:7
At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
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