1 Kings 22:44–53

⁴⁴Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.^*

⁴⁵Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat and his power that he showed and how he waged war, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah?^{* 46}The remnant of the illicit priests who remained from the days of his father Asa, he purged from the land.^*

⁴⁷There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.^{* 48}Jehoshaphat made ships of the Tarshish type to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.^{* 49}Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships,” but Jehoshaphat was not willing. ⁵⁰Jehoshaphat slept with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his father David; his son Jehoram succeeded him.^*

Ahaziah Reigns over Israel

⁵¹Ahaziah son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat of Judah; he reigned two years over Israel.^{* 52}He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father and mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.^{* 53}He served Baal and worshiped him; he provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.^*