ESV Reformation Study Bible – 2 Chr 18:2
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2 Chr 18:2

18:2 induced. The Hebrew expression can have the connotation of enticing to apostasy (Deut. 13:6; 1 Chr. 21:1).

Ramoth-gilead. A city thirty miles east of the Jordan River, closer to the Sea of Galilee than the Dead Sea. It had belonged to Israel since the time of Moses (Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8). Ben-hadad failed to return the city to Israel as he had agreed (1 Kin. 20:34).