22:41 In the fourth year of King Ahab’s reign over Israel, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became king over Judah. 22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. 1 His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. 22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. 2 (22:44) 3 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), 5 there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” 6 17:2 The Lord told him: 7 17:3 “Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. 17:4 Drink from the stream; I have already told 8 the ravens to bring you food 9 there.” 17:5 So he did 10 as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. 17:6 The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.
17:7 After a while, 11 the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 17:8 The Lord told him, 12 17:9 “Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told 13 a widow who lives there to provide for you.”
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2 tn Heb “he walked in all the way of Asa his father and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the
3 sn Beginning with 22:43b, the verse numbers through 22:53 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), because 22:43b in the English Bible = 22:44 in the Hebrew text. The remaining verses in the chapter differ by one, with 22:44-53 ET = 22:45-54 HT.
4 tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
6 tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”
7 tn Heb “and the word of the
8 tn Heb “commanded.”
9 tn Heb “to provide for you.”
10 tn Heb “So he went and did.”
11 tn Heb “And it came about at the end of days.”
12 tn Heb “And the word of the
13 tn Heb “Look, I have commanded.”