Discovery Box2 Chronicles 19:2-4 
Context19:2 the prophet 1 Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; 2 he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? 3 Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you! 4 19:3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; 5 you removed 6 the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.” 7
19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. 8 He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow 9 the Lord God of their ancestors. 10
1 tn Or “seer.”
2 tn Heb “went out to his face.”
3 tn Heb “and love those who hate the
4 tn Heb “and because of this upon you is anger from before the
5 tn Heb “nevertheless good things are found with you.”
6 tn Here בָּעַר (ba’ar) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער.
7 tn Heb “and you set your heart to seek the
8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
9 tn Heb “and turned them back to.”
10 tn Heb “fathers.”
