1 Kings 22:43

Contextual Overview

⁴¹Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Israel’s King Ahab. ⁴¹ Yehoshafat the son of Asa began to reign over Yehudah in the fourth year of Ach'av king of Yisra'el. ⁴¹ And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. ⁴¹ Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. ⁴¹ Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah during Ahab's fourth year as king of Israel. ⁴¹ In the fourth year of King Ahab's reign over Israel, Asa's son Jehoshaphat became king over Judah. ⁴¹Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. ⁴¹ Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. ⁴¹ And Iehoshaphat the sonne of Asa began to reigne vpon Iudah in the fourth yeere of Ahab King of Israel. ⁴¹Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
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he walked: 1 Kings 15:11, 1 Kings 15:14, 2 Chronicles 14:2-5, 2 Chronicles 14:11, 2 Chronicles 15:8, 2 Chronicles 15:17, 2 Chronicles 17:3

he turned: 1 Kings 15:5, Exodus 32:8, 1 Samuel 12:20, 1 Samuel 12:21, 2 Chronicles 16:7-12, Psalms 40:4, Psalms 101:3, Psalms 125:5, Proverbs 4:27

doing: 2 Chronicles 17:3-6, 2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 19:4, 2 Chronicles 20:3-30

the high: 1 Kings 14:23, 1 Kings 15:14, 2 Kings 12:3, 2 Kings 14:3, 2 Kings 14:4, 2 Kings 15:3, 2 Kings 15:4, 2 Kings 18:22

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:2 - the people 1 Kings 3:3 - only he 2 Kings 18:4 - removed 2 Chronicles 17:6 - he took away 2 Chronicles 21:12 - in the ways of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 33:17 - people Isaiah 65:7 - burned

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father,.... Who was a good prince:

he turned not aside from doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord; in his moral conversation, religious worship, and civil government:

nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places; he took away the high places and groves for idolatrous worship, 2 Chronicles 17:6, but not the high places in which sacrifices were offered to the Lord, which ought to have been, especially since the temple was built; and those in the tribes of Judah and Benjamin were altogether inexcusable, being near to the temple, and under no restraint, as those of the ten tribes were; but the people were fond of them, because of their antiquity, and it was difficult for religious princes to remove them, if inclined.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the general piety of Asa, see above, 1 Kings 15:11-15 and references. Jehoshaphat seems to have been a still better king, for he did not, like Asa, fall away in his old age 2 Chronicles 16:2-12.

The high places were not taken away - This seems to contradict 2 Chronicles 17:6. Probably the writer of Chronicles refers to the desire and intention of the monarch, while the author of Kings records the practical failure of his efforts.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 43. The high places were not taken away — In 2 Chronicles 17:6, it is expressly said, that he did take away the high places. Allowing that the text is right in 2 Chron., the two places may be easily reconciled. There were two kinds of high places in the land:

1. Those used for idolatrous purposes.

2. Those that were consecrated to God, and were used before the temple was built. The former he did take away; the latter he did not.

But some think the parallel place in 2 Chronicles 17:6 is corrupted, and that, instead of ועוד הסיר veod hesir, "and moreover he took away," we should read, ולא הסיר velo hesir, "and he did NOT take away."