2And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
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And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)Though Ahab continued under guilt and wrath, and the dominion of the lusts to which he had sold himself, yet, as a reward for his professions of repentance and humiliation, though the time drew near when he should descend into battle and perish, yet we have him blessed with a three years’ peace (1 Kgs. 22:1) and an honourable visit made him by Jehoshaphat king of Judah, 1 Kgs. 22:2. The Jews have…
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