2 Chronicles 19:2

“And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer, etc.] The son of him that reproved Asa, for which he put him in prison, (<141707>2 Chronicles 17:7,10), but that did not deter this his son from reproving Jehoshaphat: went out to meet him; as he was returning: and said to King Jehoshaphat, shouldest thou help the ungodly; such an one as Ahab, an idolater, murderer, and persecutor: and love them that hate the Lord? his laws, worship, and ordinances, as he had; intimating, that he had done wrong, by entering into alliance and affinity with him, by showing him friendship, and assisting him in his war against the Syrians: therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord; which appeared in the war of the…”

“Jehu ... went out to meet him - Compare 2 Chronicles 15:2. The monarch was therefore rebuked at the earliest possible moment, and in the most effective way, as he was entering his capital at the head of his returning army. Jehu, 35 years previously, had worked in the northern kingdom, and prophesied against Baasha 1 Kings 16:1-7, but had now come to Jerusalem, as prophet and historian (compare 2 Chronicles 20:34). Shouldest thou help ... - As a matter of mere human policy, the conduct of Jehoshaphat in joining Ahab against the Syrians was not only justifiable but wise and prudent. And the reasonings upon which such a policy was founded would have been unexceptionable but for one…”

“Therefore - Therefore God will chastise thee for this miscarriage. Which he did partly by stirring up the Moabites, and others to invade him, Ch2 20:1, partly by permitting his eldest son Jehoram to kill all his brethren, Ch2 21:4, and principally by bringing that almost general destruction upon his grand - children by Jehu, Kg2 9:27, Kg2 10:13-14, which was the fruit of his alliance with Ahab. 2 Chronicles 19:3”

“And Jehu: Ch2 20:34; Kg1 16:1, Kg1 16:7, Kg1 16:12 Hanani: Ch2 16:7 the seer: Sa1 9:9 Shouldest: Ch2 18:3, Ch2 18:28; Kg1 21:25; Psa 15:4, Psa 139:21, Psa 139:22; Pro 1:10-19; Rom 1:32; Eph 5:11; Jo2 1:10, Jo2 1:11 hate the Lord: Ch2 18:7; Exo 20:5; Deu 5:9, Deu 7:10, Deu 32:41, Deu 33:11; Psa 21:8, Psa 68:1, Psa 71:15; Joh 15:18, Joh 15:23; Rom 1:30, Rom 8:7; Jam 4:4 is wrath: Ch2 32:25; Psa 90:7, Psa 90:8; Rom 1:18; Co1 11:31, Co1 11:32 2 Chronicles 19:3”