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Text -- 1 Kings 22:44-53 (NET)
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22:44 Jehoshaphat was also at peace with the king of Israel .
22:45 The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign , including his successes and military exploits , are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah .
22:46 He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa .
22:47 There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled .
22:48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships ships to travel to Ophir for gold , but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber .
22:49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat , “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet ,” but Jehoshaphat refused .
22:50 Jehoshaphat passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David . His son Jehoram replaced him as king .
Ahaziah’s Reign over Israel
22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah , Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria . He ruled for two years over Israel .
22:52 He did evil in the sight of the Lord and followed in the footsteps of his father and mother ; like Jeroboam son of Nebat , he encouraged Israel to sin .
22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal , angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jehoshaphat |
Ahaziah |
JERUSALEM, 4 |
ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF |
GAD (1) |
PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 2 |
Adonijah |
Israel |
Alliances |
Ahab |
CAPTIVITY |
TREATY |
PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2B |
JEHOSHAPHAT (2) |
Tarshish |
APOSTASY; APOSTATE |
Influence |
Rulers |
Deputy |
Ophir |
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:45 Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoshaphat, and his strength that he demonstrated and how he fought, are they not written on the scroll o...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:46 Despite Asa’s opposition to these male cultic prostitutes (see 1 Kgs 15:12) some of them had managed to remain in the land. Jehoshaphat finished...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:48 Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port ...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 22:52 Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”
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