2 Tawarikh 19:1-2

19:1 When King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned home safely to Jerusalem, ¹  19:2 the prophet ²  Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; ³  he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? ⁴  Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you! ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 25:15-16

25:15 The Lord was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why are you following ⁶  these gods ⁷  that could not deliver their own people from your power?” ⁸  25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah ⁹  said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” ¹⁰  So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided ¹¹  to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

[19:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:2]  ² tn Or “seer.”

[19:2]  ³ tn Heb “went out to his face.”

[19:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and love those who hate the Lord?”

[19:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and because of this upon you is anger from before the Lord.”

[25:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “seeking,” perhaps in the sense of “consulting [an oracle from].”

[25:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “the gods of the people.”

[25:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “hand.”

[25:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”

[25:16]  ¹¹ tn The verb יָעַץ (ya’ats, “has decided”) is from the same root as יוֹעֵץ (yo’ets, “counselor”) in v. 16 and עֵצָה (’etsah, “advice”) later in v. 16. The wordplay highlights the appropriate nature of the divine punishment. Amaziah rejected the counsel of God’s prophet; now he would be the victim of God’s “counsel.”