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King James Version (1611 Edition)

1 Kings 22:2

And it came to passe on the third yere, that Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah came downe to the king of Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jehoshaphat;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth-gilead;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ben-Hadad;   Jehoshaphat;   Lie, Lying;   Micah, Micaiah;   Ramoth-Gilead, Ramoth in Gilead;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ramothgilead;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah the kingdom of;   Ramoth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mica'iah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alliance;   Benhadad;   War;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
However, in the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit the king of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened in the third year, that Yehoshafat the king of Yehudah came down to the king of Yisra'el.
King James Version
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
English Standard Version
But in the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
New Century Version
During the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to visit Ahab king of Israel.
New English Translation
In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit the king of Israel.
Amplified Bible
In the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
In the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the third yeere did Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah come downe to ye King of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
During the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then, in the third year, Y'hoshafat the king of Y'hudah came down to the king of Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then during the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to Ahab the king of Israel.
Good News Translation
but in the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to see King Ahab of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
It happened in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to the king of Israel,
Literal Translation
And it happened in the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But in the thirde yeare wente Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda downe to the kynge of Israel.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
And it came about in the third year, that Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the third yere dyd Iehosaphat the king of Iuda come downe to the king of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass in the third year, that Josaphat king of Juda went down to the king of Israel.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe in the thridde yeer Josephat, king of Juda, yede doun to the kyng of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh down unto the king of Israel,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
World English Bible
It happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
New King James Version
Then it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel.
New Living Translation
Then during the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel.
New Life Bible
In the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
New Revised Standard
But in the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down unto the king of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And in the third year, Josaphat, king of Juda, came down to the king of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
But in the third year Jehosh'aphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

Contextual Overview

1 And they continued three yeeres without warre betweene Syria and Israel. 2 And it came to passe on the third yere, that Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah came downe to the king of Israel. 3 (And the king of Israel said vnto his seruants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and wee be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?) 4 And hee said vnto Iehoshaphat, Wilt thou goe with me to battel to Ramoth Gilead? And Iehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. 5 And Iehoshaphat said vnto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day. 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together about foure hundred men, and said vnto them, Shall I goe against Ramoth Gilead to battell, or shall I forbeare? And they said, Goe vp, for the Lord shall deliuer it into the hand of the king. 7 And Iehoshaphat said, Is there not here a Prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him? 8 And the king of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, There is yet one man, (Micaiah the sonne of Imlah) by whom we may enquire of the Lord; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesie good concerning me, but euill. And Iehoshaphat said, Let not the King say so. 9 Then the king of Israel called an Officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the sonne of Imlah. 10 And the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah sate each on his throne, hauing put on their robes, in a voyd place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the Prophets prophecied before them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3107, bc 897

in the third: 1 Kings 22:1, Matthew 12:40, Matthew 16:21

Jehoshaphat: 1 Kings 22:41, 1 Kings 22:44, 1 Kings 15:24, 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Chronicles 18:1, 2-27

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:29 - General 2 Chronicles 18:2 - he went Matthew 1:8 - Josaphat

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my couenant with him, for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seed after him.
Genesis 21:12
And God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight, because of the lad, and because of thy bond woman. In all that Sarah hath said vnto thee, hearken vnto her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had tolde him of, and Abraham built an Altar there, and layd the wood in order, and bound Isaac his sonne, and layde him on the Altar vpon the wood.
Genesis 22:10
And Abraham stretched foorth his hand, and tooke the knife to slay his sonne.
Genesis 22:12
And he said, Lay not thine hand vpon the lad, neither do thou any thing vnto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withhelde thy sonne, thine onely sonne from mee.
Genesis 22:16
And said, By my selfe haue I sworne, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy sonne, thine onely sonne,
Judges 11:31
Then it shall be, that whatsoeuer commeth forth of the doores of my house to meete me, when I returne in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lords, and I will offer it vp for a burnt offering.
Judges 11:39
And it came to passe at the ende of two moneths that shee returned vnto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man: & it was a custome in Israel,
2 Kings 3:27
Then hee tooke his eldest sonne that should haue reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering vpon the wall: and there was great indignation against Israel, and they departed from him, and returned to their owne land.
2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Ierusalem in Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared vnto Dauid his father, in the place that Dauid had prepared in the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass in the third year,.... Of the peace, before it was expired:

that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel; to Ahab, from Jerusalem to Samaria, reckoned thirty two miles m; either to make peace with him, and put an end to the wars which subsisted between Israel and Judah since the division of the kingdom, 1 Kings 22:44 or to contract an affinity with him, by marrying his son to a daughter of Ahab, 2 Kings 8:18 or rather after peace was made, and that strengthened by the marriage; and so he went merely to pay a visit, as he judged he might then with great safety; and he and all his retinue were entertained by Ahab in a very sumptuous and liberal manner, 2 Chronicles 18:1.

m Bunting's Travels, &c. p. 178. near 40, Rainold. Praelect. 31. col. 266.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This visit indicates an entire change in the relations which we have hitherto found subsisting between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The common danger to which the two kingdoms were exposed from the growing power of Syria had probably induced them to forget their differences. Jehoshaphat’s eldest son, Jehoram, was married to Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab: but apparently the bond between the two families had not hitherto led to any very close intimacy, much less to any joint military expeditions. Jehoshaphat seems to have taken no part in the former Syrian wars of Ahab, nor did he join in the great league against the Assyrians (1 Kings 22:1 note). His visit now was probably one of mere friendliness, without any political object. Ahab, however, turned the visit to political advantage. From this time until the displacement of Ahab’s dynasty by Jehu, very intimate relations subsisted between the two kingdoms (1 Kings 22:49; 2 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 8:28-29; 2 Chronicles 20:36, etc.).


 
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