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2 Chronicles 18:1

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Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab

1 Now 1Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.
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2 Chronicles 18:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 18:1

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance
Still more and more, see ( 2 Chronicles 17:5 ) , and which moved Ahab to desire friendship and affinity with him, to which Jehoshaphat agreed:

and joined affinity with Ahab;
king of Israel, married his son Joram to Athaliah, a daughter of Ahab by Jezebel of Zidon; which marriage proved of bad consequence to Jehoshaphat and his family.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Chronicles 18:1 In-Context

1 Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.
2 Some years later he went down to visit Ahab at Samaria. And Ahab slaughtered many sheep and oxen for him and the people who were with him, and induced him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.
3 Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, "Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?" And he said to him, "I am as you are, and my people as your people, and we will be with you in the battle."
4 Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the LORD ."
5 Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?" And they said, "Go up, for God will give it into the hand of the king."

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  • 1. 2 Chronicles 17:5
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