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Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
1 Kings 22:44 Meaning and Commentary
1 Kings 22:44
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 reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
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In everything he followed the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
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Jehoshaphat was also at peace with the king of Israel.
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As for the other events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, the things he achieved and his military exploits, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
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He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes who remained there even after the reign of his father Asa.