However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,
Parallel translations
- WEB In the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
- KJV And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
- NKJV Then it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel.
- NASB In the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
- NLT Then during the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel.
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Quick answer
In the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah visits the king of Israel. The alliance between the kingdoms leads to the campaign at Ramoth Gilead.
Overview
Jehoshaphat, the godly king of Judah, comes down to Ahab, king of Israel, marking a notable alliance between the two kingdoms. While Jehoshaphat was faithful in many ways, his association with Ahab proves spiritually compromising. The visit initiates the joint war effort in which the Lord's word against Ahab will be fulfilled.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 15:24And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
- 1 Kgs 22:1Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.
- 1 Kgs 22:41In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
- 1 Kgs 22:44Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
- Matt 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matt 16:21From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
- 2 Chr 18:1–27Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
- 2 Kgs 8:18And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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