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Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 22:2

and it cometh to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh down unto 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.
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 sit still three years, there is no war between Aram and Israel, 2 and it cometh to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh down unto the king of Israel, 3 and the king of Israel saith unto his servants, `Have ye not known that ours [is] Ramoth-Gilead? and we are keeping silent from taking it out of the hand of the king of Aram!' 4 And he saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Dost thou go with me to battle [to] Ramoth-Gilead?' and Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `As I am, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses.' 5 And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `Seek, I pray thee, to-day, the word of Jehovah;' 6 and the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, about four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' and they say, `Go up, and the Lord doth give [it] into the hand of the king.' 7 And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, and we seek by him?' 8 And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Yet -- one man to seek Jehovah by him, and I have hated him, for he doth not prophesy concerning me good, but evil -- Micaiah son of Imlah;' and Jehoshaphat saith, `Let not the king say so.' 9 And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain eunuch, and saith, `Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.' 10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah are sitting, each on his throne, clothed with garments, in a threshing-floor, at the opening of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets are 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
and God saith, `Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.
Genesis 21:12
and God saith unto Abraham, `Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee -- hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.
Genesis 22:9
And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him, and there Abraham buildeth the altar, and arrangeth the wood, and bindeth Isaac his son, and placeth him upon the altar above the wood;
Genesis 22:10
and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife -- to slaughter his son.
Genesis 22:12
and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'
Genesis 22:16
and saith, `By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one --
Judges 11:31
then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning back in peace from the Bene-Ammon -- it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it -- a burnt-offering.'
Judges 11:39
and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to her his vow which he hath vowed, and she knew not a man; and it is a statute in Israel:
2 Kings 3:27
and he taketh his son, the first-born who reigneth in his stead, and causeth him to ascend -- a burnt-offering on the wall, and there is great wrath against Israel, and they journey from off him, and turn back to the land.
2 Chronicles 3:1
And Solomon beginneth to build the house of Jehovah, in Jerusalem, in the mount of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared, in 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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