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2 Chronicles 20:35

AhaziahJehoshaphat

33 The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.

34 As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.

Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

36 They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.

37 Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.

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BSB
Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
KJV
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
WEB
After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly.
ASV
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:
DARBY
And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly.
BLB
And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel; he acted wickedly in so doing.
ÅB
Siden inngikk Josjafat, Judas konge, en overenskomst med Akasja, Israels konge, han som bar seg så ugudelig at.
OTB
Etter dette dannet Josjafat, kongen av Juda, en allianse med Akasja, kongen av Israel. Han handlet ondt ved å gjøre det.
B1930
Siden inngikk Josafat, Judas konge, en overenskomst med Akasja, Israels konge, han som bar sig så ugudelig at.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 22:48–49

    Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

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  • 2 Kings 1:2–16

    Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”

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