1 Kings 22:41

Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah

41 1Jehoshaphat the son of 2Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

1 Kings 22:41 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:41

And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in
the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
] And as Ahab reigned twenty two years, ( 1 Kings 16:29 ) , Jehoshaphat must reign about eighteen years with him, and seven years after him.

1 Kings 22:41 In-Context

39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the ivory house that he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
41 Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD. Yet the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.

Cross References 2

  • 1. For ver. 41-43, see 2 Chronicles 20:31-33
  • 2. ver. 51
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