1Ki 22:41-50 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Kgs 22:41-50: 22:41-50 This overview provides basic information about Jehoshaphat’s twenty-five-year reign as king of Judah. The Chronicler provides more details on Jehoshaphat’s good spiritual character that led to religious reforms and the Lord’s blessing (2 Chr 17:1–21:1 ). Including a two-year co-regency with his father, Asa, Jehoshaphat reigned from 872 to 848 BC .

Summary for 1Kgs 22:41-50: 22:41-50 ^a This overview provides basic information about Jehoshaphat’s twenty-five-year reign as king of Judah. The Chronicler provides more details on Jehoshaphat’s good spiritual character that led to religious reforms and the Lord’s blessing (2 Chr 17:1–21:1 ^b). Including a two-year co-regency with his father, Asa, Jehoshaphat reigned from 872 to 848 BC.
Summary for 1Kgs 22:43-44: 22:43-44 ^c Although Jehoshaphat is remembered as a king who did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, his record is blemished by his failure to remove all the pagan shrines (see 15:14 ^d) and by his involvement with Ahab (22:4 ^e, 29-32 ^f; 2 Chr 19:1-3 ^g) and, later, Joram (2 Kgs 3:4-27 ^h).
22:46 ⁱ To Jehoshaphat’s credit, he eliminated religious prostitutes, who, although banned by his father, Asa (15:12 ^j), still existed. Religious prostitution was apparently centered at pagan shrines that his father had not removed (15:14 ^k).
22:47 ^l The lack of a king in Edom may indicate Edom’s dependence upon Judah at this time.
Summary for 1Kgs 22:48-49: 22:48-49 ^m Jehoshaphat built this fleet of trading ships in alliance with Ahaziah (see 2 Chr 20:35-37 ⁿ). Like Solomon, the two kings planned to send a fleet to Ophir in search of gold (1 Kgs 9:27-28 ^o; 10:11 ^p). The venture was ill-fated; to fulfill a prophetic warning (2 Chr 20:37 ^q), the Lord destroyed the fleet before it left port. Jehoshaphat wisely did not become entangled with Ahaziah a second time.

• Ezion-geber was Solomon’s port city on the Gulf of Aqaba (1 Kgs 9:26 ^r).