2 Chronicles 18:16

So he said, I saw all Israel, scattered upon the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd,-and Yahweh said, No masters, have these! let them return every man unto his own house, in peace.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.

In Context

15Then the king said unto him, How many times, must, I, be putting thee on oath,—that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?

17Then said the king of Israel, unto Jehoshaphat,—Said I not unto thee, He wilt not prophesy concerning me anything good, but evil?

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:7Now, therefore, let your hands be made firm, and become ye sons of valour, for your lord Saul is dead,—and, me, moreover have the house of Judah anointed, to be king over them.

1 Kings 22:17And he said—I saw all Israel, scattered among the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd,—so Yahweh said, These have, no masters, let them return every man unto his own house, in peace.

2 Kings 10:3ye shall look out the goodliest and fittest of the sons of your lord, and set on the throne of his father, and ye shall do battle for the house of your lord.

Jeremiah 23:1Alas for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture Declareth Yahweh.

Ezekiel 34:8As I live,— Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely because my flock became a prey. And my flock became food for every wild beast of the field, through having no shepherd, Neither did my shepherds inquire after the flock, —But the shepherds tended themselves. And my flock, they tended not

Zechariah 13:7O Sword! awake against my shepherd, even against the man that is my companion, urgeth Yahweh of hosts,—Smite the shepherd, and let the flock, be scattered, Howbeit I will turn back my hand over the little ones.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 18:5-28

The Prophets Are Consulted. ( b. c. 897.) 4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day. 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him? 7 And the king of Israel said unto… Read the whole commentary →

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