41And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 41-53)Here is, I. A short account of the reign of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, of which we shall have a much fuller narrative in the book of Chronicles, and of the greatness and goodness of that prince, neither of which was lessened or sullied by any thing but his intimacy with the house of Ahab, which, upon several accounts, was a diminution to him. His confederacy with Ahab in war we have already found…
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