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New Revised Standard

1 Kings 22:2

But in the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down 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.
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.
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 For three years Aram and Israel continued without war. 2 But in the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3 The king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, yet we are doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?" 4 He said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?" Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, "I am as you are; my people are your people, my horses are your horses." 5 But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, "Inquire first for the word of the Lord ." 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred of them, and said to them, "Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?" They said, "Go up; for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king." 7 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there no other prophet of the Lord here of whom we may inquire?" 8 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is still one other by whom we may inquire of the Lord , Micaiah son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he never prophesies anything favorable about me, but only disaster." Jehoshaphat said, "Let the king not say such a thing." 9 Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah." 10 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying 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
God said, "No, but your wife Sarah shall bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you.
Genesis 22:9
When they came to the place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. He bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
Genesis 22:10
Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
Genesis 22:12
He said, "Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
Genesis 22:16
and said, "By myself I have sworn, says the Lord : Because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Judges 11:31
then whoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the Lord 's, to be offered up by me as a burnt offering."
Judges 11:39
At the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to the vow he had made. She had never slept with a man. So there arose an Israelite custom that
2 Kings 3:27
Then he took his firstborn son who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And great wrath came upon Israel, so they withdrew from him and returned to their own land.
2 Chronicles 3:1
Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had designated, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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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