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1 Kings 22:2

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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.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe on the third yere, that Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah came downe 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

1They enjoyed three years of peace—no fighting between Aram and Israel. In the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah had a meeting with the king of Israel. Israel's king remarked to his aides, "Do you realize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we're sitting around on our hands instead of taking it back from the king of Aram?" 4He turned to Jehoshaphat and said, "Will you join me in fighting for Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said, "You bet. I'm with you all the way—my troops are your troops, my horses are your horses." He then continued, "But before you do anything, ask God for guidance." 6 The king of Israel got the prophets together—all four hundred of them—and put the question to them: "Should I attack Ramoth Gilead? Or should I hold back?" "Go for it," they said. " God will hand it over to the king." 7 But Jehoshaphat dragged his heels: "Is there still another prophet of God around here we can consult?" 8 The king of Israel told Jehoshaphat, "As a matter of fact, there is still one such man. But I hate him. He never preaches anything good to me, only doom, doom, doom—Micaiah son of Imlah." "The king shouldn't talk about a prophet like that," said Jehoshaphat. 9 So the king of Israel ordered one of his men, "On the double! Get Micaiah son of Imlah." 10Meanwhile, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat were seated on their thrones, dressed in their royal robes, resplendent in front of the Samaria city gates. All the prophets were staging a prophecy-performance for their benefit. Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had even made a set of iron horns, and brandishing them called out, " God 's word! With these horns you'll gore Aram until there's nothing left of him!" All the prophets chimed in, "Yes! Go for Ramoth Gilead! An easy victory! God 's gift to the king!" 13 The messenger who went to get Micaiah said, "The prophets have all said Yes to the king. Make it unanimous—vote Yes!" 14 But Micaiah said, "As surely as God lives, what God says, I'll say."

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
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
Genesis 22:9
They arrived at the place to which God had directed him. Abraham built an altar. He laid out the wood. Then he tied up Isaac and laid him on the wood. Abraham reached out and took the knife to kill his son.
Genesis 22:12
"Don't lay a hand on that boy! Don't touch him! Now I know how fearlessly you fear God; you didn't hesitate to place your son, your dear son, on the altar for me."
2 Chronicles 3:1
So Solomon broke ground, launched construction of the house of God in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, the place where God had appeared to his father David. The precise site, the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, had been designated by David. He broke ground on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his rule. These are the dimensions that Solomon set for the construction of the house of God: ninety feet long and thirty feet wide. The porch in front stretched the width of the building, that is, thirty feet; and it was thirty feet high. The interior was gold-plated. He paneled the main hall with cypress and veneered it with fine gold engraved with palm tree and chain designs. He decorated the building with precious stones and gold from Parvaim. Everything was coated with gold veneer: rafters, doorframes, walls, and doors. Cherubim were engraved on the walls. He made the Holy of Holies a cube, thirty feet wide, long, and high. It was veneered with six hundred talents (something over twenty-two tons) of gold. The gold nails weighed fifty shekels (a little over a pound). The upper rooms were also veneered in gold. He made two sculptures of cherubim, gigantic angel-like figures, for the Holy of Holies, both veneered with gold. The combined wingspread of the side-by-side cherubim (each wing measuring seven and a half feet) stretched from wall to wall, thirty feet. They stood erect facing the main hall. He fashioned the curtain of violet, purple, and crimson fabric and worked a cherub design into it. He made two huge free-standing pillars, each fifty-two feet tall, their capitals extending another seven and a half feet. The top of each pillar was set off with an elaborate filigree of chains, like necklaces, from which hung a hundred pomegranates. He placed the pillars in front of The Temple, one on the right, and the other on the left. The right pillar he named Jakin (Security) and the left pillar he named Boaz (Stability).
John 3:16
"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
Hebrews 11:17
By faith, Abraham, at the time of testing, offered Isaac back to God. Acting in faith, he was as ready to return the promised son, his only son, as he had been to receive him—and this after he had already been told, "Your descendants shall come from Isaac." Abraham figured that if God wanted to, he could raise the dead. In a sense, that's what happened when he received Isaac back, alive from off the altar.

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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