1 Kings 22:44–53

⁴⁴But the illegal worship sites were not torn down. The people continued to sacrifice and burn incense at these worship sites.^cJehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 

⁴⁵Isn’t everything else about Jehoshaphat—the heroic acts he did and ⸤the wars⸥ he fought—written in the official records of the kings of Judah? ⁴⁶He rid the land of the male temple prostitutes who were left there from the time of his father Asa. ⁴⁷There was no king in Edom; instead, a deputy ruled. 

⁴⁸Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-style ships to go to Ophir for gold. But they didn’t go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber. ⁴⁹Then Ahaziah, son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat refused. 

⁵⁰Jehoshaphat lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoram succeeded him as king. 

King Ahaziah of Israel

⁵¹Ahaziah, son of Ahab, became king of Israel in Samaria during Jehoshaphat’s seventeenth year as king of Judah. Ahaziah ruled Israel for two years. ⁵²He did what the Lord considered evil. He followed the example of his father and mother and of Jeroboam (Nebat’s son) who led Israel to sin. ⁵³Ahaziah served Baal, worshiped him, and made the Lord God of Israel furious, as his father had done.