And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. ] First with Ahab, with whom he contracted an affinity, and joined with him in his expedition to Ramothgilead, and with Ahaziah his successor.
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Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he ruled for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
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He continued the kind of life characteristic of his father Asa - no detours, no dead ends - pleasing God with his life. But he failed to get rid of the neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines. People continued to pray and worship at these idolatrous shrines.
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And he kept on good terms with the king of Israel.
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The rest of Jehoshaphat's life, his achievements and his battles, is all written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
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Also, he got rid of the sacred prostitutes left over from the days of his father Asa.
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