2 Chronicles 19:1Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
The setting
Jerusalem, Israel, ~853 BC. King Jehoshaphat walks through his palace gates, alive when he should be dead, having barely escaped the battlefield where his ally Ahab perished...
The emotion here: relief mixed with awareness of divine mercy
The original word
shālôm (שָׁלוֹם) — complete peace, wholeness, not just absence of conflict
Why it matters
Jehoshaphat nearly died because Syrian soldiers mistook him for Ahab until he cried out
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Chronicles 19:1
The word 'peace' here means he returned WHOLE — not just alive, but unharmed
Common misconceptionThis seems like a happy ending, but the next verse shows Jehoshaphat is about to get rebuked for his poor alliance choices.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 2 Chronicles 19:1
Bible Genome reading
2 Chronicles 19:1 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Chronicles 19:1 comes from the book of 2 Chronicles, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 60% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine protection, safe return, peace. Notable phrases: returned to his house in peace; Jerusalem.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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