³¹And Josaphat reigned over Juda, and he was five and thirty years old, when he began to reign: and he reigned five and twenty years in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Azuba the daughter of Selahi.

³²And he walked in the way of his father Asa and departed not from it, doing the things that were pleasing before the Lord.

³³But yet he took not away the high places, and the people had not yet turned their heart to the Lord the God of their fathers.

³⁴But the rest of the acts of Josaphat, first and last, are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which he digested into the books of the kings of Israel.

³⁵After these things Josaphat king of Juda made friendship with Ochozias king of Israel, whose works were very wicked.

³⁶And he was partner with him in making ships, to go to Tharsis: and they made the ships in Asiongaber.

³⁷And Eliezer the son of Dodau of Maresa prophesied to Josaphat, saying: Because thou hast made a league with Ochozias, the Lord hath destroyed thy works, and the ships are broken, and they could not go to Tharsis.

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