1 Kings 22:41-43

Jehoshaphat’s Reign over Judah

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.

1 Kings 22:2

22:2 In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit ⁴  the king of Israel.

1 Kings 17:1-9

Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory

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.”

Matthew 1:8

1:8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah,

[22:42]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[22:43]  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 Lord.”

[22:43]  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.

[22:2]  ⁴ tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

[17:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came to him, saying.”

[17:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “commanded.”

[17:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “to provide for you.”

[17:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “So he went and did.”

[17:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “And it came about at the end of days.”

[17:8]  ¹² tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to him, saying.”

[17:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “Look, I have commanded.”