1 Kings 22:41–50

King Jehoshaphat of Judah

⁴¹Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. ⁴²Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old^m when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Azubah daughter of Shilhi. ⁴³He walked in all of the way of Asa his father, and he did not turn aside from it, doing right in the eyes of Yahweh.ⁿ Only he did not remove the high places; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. ^44o But, Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. ⁴⁵The remainder of the acts of Jehoshaphat, his powerful deeds he did, and how he fought, are they not written in the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah? ⁴⁶The remainder of the male shrine prostitutes who were left over in the days of Asa his father he exterminated from the land. ⁴⁷There was not a king in Edom; a governor served as king. ⁴⁸Jehoshaphat built^p ships of the Tarshish type to go to Ophir for the gold; but he did not go because the ships were destroyed at Ezion-Geber. ⁴⁹Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships,” but Jehoshaphat was not willing. ⁵⁰And Jehoshaphat slept with his ancestors^q and was buried with his ancestors^r in the city of David his ancestor,^s and Joram his son became king in his place.