1 Kings 22:41-50

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Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah

^41 (A)Jehoshaphat the son of ^(B)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 (C)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 ^(D)the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. ^44 (E)Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.

⁴⁵ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written ^(F)in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ⁴⁶ And from the land he exterminated the remnant ^(G)of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa.

^47 (H)There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king. ⁴⁸ Jehoshaphat made ^(I)ships of Tarshish to go to ^(J)Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at ^(K)Ezion-geber. ⁴⁹ Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships,” but Jehoshaphat was not willing. ^50 (L)And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.