Discovery Box1 Kings 22:35-53
Context22:35 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot. 22:36 As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp, “Each one should return to his city and to his homeland.” 22:37 So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him. 1 22:38 They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria (this was where the prostitutes bathed); 2 dogs licked his blood, just as the Lord had said would happen. 3
22:39 The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments and how he built a luxurious palace and various cities, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 4 22:40 Ahab passed away. 5 His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.
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. 6 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. 7 (22:44) 8 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. 22:44 (22:45) 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. 9 22:46 He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa. 10 22:47 There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled. 22:48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships 11 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,” 12 but Jehoshaphat refused.
22:50 Jehoshaphat passed away 13 and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor 14 David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.
22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. 15 He ruled for two years over Israel. 22:52 He did evil in the sight of 16 the Lord and followed in the footsteps 17 of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. 18 22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, 19 angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. 20
[22:37] 1 tn Heb “and the king died and he came to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria.”
[22:38] 2 tn Heb “now the prostitutes bathed.”
[22:38] 3 tn Heb “according to the word of the
[22:39] 4 tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the house of ivory which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
[22:40] 5 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
[22:42] 6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[22:43] 7 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
[22:43] 8 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.
[22:45] 9 tn 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 of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”
[22:46] 10 tn Heb “and the rest of the male cultic prostitutes who were left in the days of Asa his father, he burned from the land.” Some understand the verb בִּעֵר (bi’er) to mean “sweep away” here rather than “burn.” See the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.
[22:48] 11 tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
[22:49] 12 tn Heb “Let my servants go with your servants in the fleet.”
[22:50] 13 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
[22:50] 14 tn Heb “with his fathers in the city of his father.”
[22:51] 15 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
[22:52] 16 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[22:52] 18 tn 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.”
[22:53] 19 tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”
[22:53] 20 tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”
