2 CHRONICLES 18:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth–gilead.”
After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab killed an abundance of sheep and cattle for him and for the people that were with him, and induced him to go up against Ramoth-gilead — Jehoshaphat visited Samaria (וַיָּבֹא אֶל־אַחְאָב לִשְׁמְרוֹנָה). Ahab's hospitality (הֶרַג אַחְאָב צֹאן וּבָקָר הַרְבֵּה) was designed to pressure Jehoshaphat into military alliance (וַיְסִיתוֹ לַעֲלוֹת עִם־הַמַּמְלָכָה אֶל־רָמוֹת־גִּלְעָד). The political pressure exploited personal hospitality.
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