📖WEB · 1 Kings 22:41

What does 1 Kings 22:41 mean?

"Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel."

— 1 Kings 22:41 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

38

They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves; according to Yahweh’s word which he spoke.

39

Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

40

So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

41

Jehoshaphat the son of 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

He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

44

Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

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