1 Kings 22:44

44 1Jehoshaphat 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.

1 Kings 22:44 In-Context

42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And 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 right in the sight of the LORD . However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
44 Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might which he showed and how he warred, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
46 The remnant of the sodomites who remained in the days of his father Asa, he expelled from the land.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Kings 22:2; 2 Kings 8:16, 18; 2 Chronicles 19:2
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