1 Kings 22:41
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
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- BSB
- In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
- KJV
- And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
- WEB
- Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
- ASV
- And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
- DARBY
- And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
- BLB
- And Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
- ÅB
- Josjafat, Asas sønn, ble konge over Juda i Akabs, Israels konges fjerde år.
- OTB
- Josjafat, sønn av Asa, begynte å regjere over Juda i det fjerde året av Akab, kongen av Israel.
- B1930
- Josafat, Asas sønn, blev konge over Juda i Akabs, Israels konges fjerde år.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 20:31
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
Read in context1 Kings 22:2
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:10
And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
Read in context2 Chronicles 17:1
And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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