After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted very wickedly.
Parallel translations
- WEB After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly.
- KJV And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
- BSB Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
- NASB After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.
- NLT Some time later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who was very wicked.
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Jehoshaphat made an alliance with wicked King Ahaziah of Israel, an unwise partnership. Even a good king can falter through compromising friendships.
Overview
After his faithfulness, Jehoshaphat allied himself with Ahaziah of Israel, whose conduct was thoroughly wicked. The Chronicler views such alliances with idolatrous kings as spiritual danger, repeating a mistake Jehoshaphat had made earlier with Ahab. This warns believers against being unequally yoked with those opposed to God.
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- 1 Kgs 22:48–49Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go; for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
- 2 Kgs 1:2–16Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.”
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