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2 Chronicles 20:35

Later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did evil.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahaziah;   Alliances;   Fellowship;   Jehoshaphat;   Ship;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ahaziah;   Alliances;   Evil;   Jehoshaphat;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat, Valley of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahaziah;   Jehoshaphat;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ships;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alliances;   Eliezer;   Jehoshaphat;   Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Ezion-Geber;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eliezer ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahaziah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahazi'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahaziah;   Eliezer;   Jehoshaphat (2);   Ships and Boats;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ahaziah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Athaliah;   Jehoshaphat;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After this, Judah’s King Jehoshaphat made an alliance with Israel’s King Ahaziah, who was guilty of wrongdoing.
Hebrew Names Version
After this did Yehoshafat king of Yehudah join himself with Achazyah king of Yisra'el; the same did very wickedly:
King James Version
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
English Standard Version
After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
New Century Version
Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made a treaty with Ahaziah king of Israel, which was a wrong thing to do.
Amplified Bible
After [all] this Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, and he acted wickedly in doing so.
New American Standard Bible
After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.
World English Bible
After this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet after this did Iehoshaphat King of Iudah ioyne himselfe with Ahaziah King of Israel, who was giuen to do euill.
Legacy Standard Bible
Afterwards, Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.
Berean Standard Bible
Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
Contemporary English Version
While Jehoshaphat was king, he signed a peace treaty with Ahaziah the wicked king of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
It was after this that Y'hoshafat joined up with Achazyah king of Isra'el, who was acting very wickedly.
Darby Translation
And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly.
Easy-to-Read Version
Later on, King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an agreement with King Ahaziah of Israel. Ahaziah was very evil.
George Lamsa Translation
And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly, more than all the kings of Israel.
Good News Translation
At one time King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did many wicked things.
Lexham English Bible
And afterward Jehoshaphat the king of Judah joined with Ahaziah the king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
Literal Translation
And after this Jehoshaphat the king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah the king of Israel; he did wickedly to do so.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Afterwarde dyd Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda agree wt Ahasia the kynge of Israel, which was vngodly in his doynges.
American Standard Version
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:
Bible in Basic English
After this Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became friends with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who did much evil:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
After this did Iehosaphat king of Iuda ioyne himselfe with Ahaziahu king of Israel, whose mind was to do wickedly.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly;
King James Version (1611)
And after this did Iehoshaphat king of Iudah ioine himselfe with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And afterwards Josaphat king of Juda entered into an alliance with Ochozias king of Israel, (now this was an unrighteous man,)
English Revised Version
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
After these thingis Josaphat, kyng of Juda, made frendschipis with Ocozie, kyng of Israel, whose werkis weren ful yuele;
Update Bible Version
And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:
Webster's Bible Translation
And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
New King James Version
After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted very wickedly.
New Living Translation
Some time later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who was very wicked.
New Life Bible
After this King Jehoshaphat of Judah joined with King Ahaziah of Israel who was very sinful.
New Revised Standard
After this King Jehoshaphat of Judah joined with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did wickedly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yet, after this, did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, - he, was lawless in his doings;
Douay-Rheims Bible
After these things Josaphat king of Juda made friendship with Ochozias king of Israel, whose works were very wicked.
Revised Standard Version
After this Jehosh'aphat king of Judah joined with Ahazi'ah king of Israel, who did wickedly.
Young's Literal Translation
And after this hath Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, (he did wickedly in [so] doing),
THE MESSAGE
Late in life Jehoshaphat formed a trading syndicate with Ahaziah king of Israel—which was very wrong of him to do. He went in as partner with him to build ocean-going ships at Ezion Geber to trade with Tarshish. Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah preached against Jehoshaphat's venture: "Because you joined forces with Ahaziah, God has shipwrecked your work." The ships were smashed and nothing ever came of the trade partnership.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.

Contextual Overview

31 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. 32 He followed in his father Asa's footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. 33 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors. 34 The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat's reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Jehu son of Hanani which are included in Scroll of the Kings of Israel. 35 Later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did evil. 36 They agreed to make large seagoing merchant ships; they built the ships in Ezion Geber. 37 Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, "Because you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will shatter what you have made." The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3108, bc 896

did Jehoshaphat: 1 Kings 22:48, 1 Kings 22:49

who did very: 2 Kings 1:2-16

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:40 - Ahaziah 2 Kings 18:5 - after him

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel,.... Meaning, not after the invasion of the Moabites, c. and the slaughter of them, but after Jehoshaphat returned from Ramothgilead, when he was reproved by a prophet for helping the ungodly, 2 Chronicles 19:1 so that it was a great aggravation of his folly and weakness, that after that, and quickly after that, he should join himself to a wicked prince, though not in war, but in trade for so it must be, since Ahaziah reigned but two years, and those not complete, see 1 Kings 22:51, but is here related, that Jehoshaphat's weaknesses and blemishes might be laid together:

who did very wickedly; that is, Ahaziah, who walked in the ways of Ahab his father, and of Jezebel his mother, and of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 1 Kings 22:52.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

After this - Jehoshaphat’s history had been formally completed 2 Chronicles 20:34. Consequently we can lay no stress on the note of time contained in the words “after this,” which are detached from the context to which they originally referred. On the history 2 Chronicles 20:35-37, see marginal references and notes.


 
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