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1 Kings 22:41

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Now, Jehoshaphat son of Asa, began to reign over Judah,—in the fourth year of Ahab, king of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Jehoshaphat son of Asa hath reigned over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— But Josaphat, the son of Asa, began to reign over Juda, in the fourth year of Acbab, king of Israel.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And Iehoshaphat the sonne of Asa began to reigne vpon Iudah in the fourth yeere of Ahab King of Israel.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And Iehoshaphat the sonne of Asa began to reigne ouer Iudah in the fourth yeere of Ahab King of Israel.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And Jehoshaphat{gr.Josaphat} the son of Asa reigned over Judah{gr.Juda}: in the fourth year of Ahab{gr.Achaab} king of Israel began Jehoshaphat{gr.Josaphat} to reign.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And Yehoshafat the son of Asa began to reign over Yehudah in the fourth year of Achav king of Yisrael.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And Yæhôšäfäţ יְהוֹשָׁפָט 3092
{3092} Prime
יְהוֹשָׁפָט
Y@howshaphat
{yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'}
From H3068 and H8199; Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem.
the son 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of ´Äsä´ אָסָא 609
{0609} Prime
אָסָא
'Aca'
{aw-saw'}
Of uncertain derivation; Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite.
began to reign 4427
{4427} Prime
מָלַךְ
malak
{maw-lak'}
A primitive root; to reign; inceptively to ascend the throne; causatively to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
over x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
Yæhûđà יְהוּדָה 3063
{3063} Prime
יְהוּדָה
Y@huwdah
{yeh-hoo-daw'}
From H3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.
in the fourth 702
{0702} Prime
אַרְבַּע
'arba`
{ar-bah'}
The second form is the masculine form; from H7251; four.
year 8141
{8141} Prime
שָׁנֵה
shaneh
{shaw-neh'}
(The first form being in plural only, the second form being feminine); from H8138; a year (as a revolution of time).
of ´Aç´äv אַחאָב 256
{0256} Prime
אַחְאָב
'Ach'ab
{akh-awb'}
The second form used once (by contraction) in Jeremiah 29:22; from H0251 and H0001; brother (that is, friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon.
king 4428
{4428} Prime
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}
From H4427; a king.
of Yiŝrä´ël יִשׂרָאֵל. 3478
{3478} Prime
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisra'el
{yis-raw-ale'}
From H8280 and H0410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Commentary

1 Kings 22:41-53

_ _ Here is, I. A short account of the reign of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, of which we shall have a much fuller narrative in the book of Chronicles, and of the greatness and goodness of that prince, neither of which was lessened or sullied by any thing but his intimacy with the house of Ahab, which, upon several accounts, was a diminution to him. His confederacy with Ahab in war we have already found dangerous to him, and his confederacy with Ahaziah his son in trade sped no better. He offered to go partner with him in a fleet of merchant-ships, that should fetch gold from Ophir, as Solomon's navy did, 1 Kings 22:49. See 2 Chronicles 20:35, 2 Chronicles 20:36. But, while they were preparing to set sail, they were exceedingly damaged and disabled by a storm (broken at Ezion-geber), which a prophet gave Jehoshaphat to understand was a rebuke to him for his league with wicked Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 20:37); and therefore, as we are told here (1 Kings 22:49), when Ahaziah desired a second time to be a partner with him, or, if that could not be obtained, that he might but send his servants with some effects of board Jehoshaphat's ships, he refused: Jehoshaphat would not. The rod of God, expounded by the word of God, had effectually broken him off from his confederacy with that ungodly unhappy prince. Better buy wisdom dear than be without it; but experience is therefore said to be the mistress of fools because those are fools that will not learn till they are taught by experience, and particularly till they are taught the danger of associating with wicked people. Now Jehoshaphat's reign appears here to have been none of the longest, but one of the best. 1. It was none of the longest, for he reigned but twenty-five years (1 Kings 22:42), but then it was in the prime of his time, between thirty-five and sixty, and these twenty-five, added to his father's happy forty-one, give us a grateful idea of the flourishing condition of the kingdom of Judah, and of religion in it, for a great while, even when things were very bad, upon all accounts, in the kingdom of Israel. If Jehoshaphat reigned not so long as his father, to balance this he had not those blemishes on the latter end of his reign that his father had (2 Chronicles 16:9, 2 Chronicles 16:10, 2 Chronicles 16:12), and it is better for a man that has been in reputation for wisdom and honour to die in the midst of it than to outlive it. 2. Yet is was one of the best, both in respect of piety and prosperity. (1.) He did well: He did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord (1 Kings 22:43), observed the commands of his God, and trod in the steps of his good father; and he persevered therein: He turned not aside from it. Yet every man's character has some but or other, so had his; the high places were not taken away, no not out of Judah and Benjamin, though those tribes lay so near Jerusalem that they might easily bring their offerings and incense to the altar there, and could not pretend, as some other of the tribes, the inconveniency of lying remote. But old corruptions are with difficulty rooted out, especially when they have formerly had the patronage of those that were good, as the high places had of Samuel, Solomon, and some others. (2.) His affairs did well. He prevented the mischiefs which had attended their wars with the kingdom of Israel, establishing a lasting peace (1 Kings 22:44), which would have been a greater blessing if he had contented himself with a peace, and not carried it on to an affinity with Israel; he put a deputy, or viceroy, in Edom, so that the kingdom was tributary to him (1 Kings 22:47), and therein the prophecy concerning Esau and Jacob was fulfilled, that the elder should serve the younger. And, in general, mention is made of his might and his wars, 1 Kings 22:45. He pleased God, and God blessed him with strength and success. His death is spoken of (1 Kings 22:50), to shut up his story, yet, in the history of the kings of Israel, we find mention of him afterwards, 2 Kings 3:7.

_ _ II. The beginning of the story of Ahaziah the son of Ahab, 1 Kings 22:51-53. His reign was very short, not two years. Some sinners God makes quick work with. It is a very bad character that is here given him. He not only kept up Jeroboam's idolatry, but the worship of Baal likewise; though he had heard of the ruin of Jeroboam's family, and had seen his own father drawn into destruction by the prophets of Baal, who had often been proved false prophets, yet he received no instruction, took no warning, but followed the example of his wicked father and the counsel of his more wicked mother Jezebel, who was still living. Miserable are the children that not only derive a stock of corruption from their parents, but are thus taught by them to trade with it; and unhappy, most unhappy parents, are those that help to damn their children's souls.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Kings 22:41

Of Ahab — Who reigned twenty two years; therefore he reigned about eighteen years with Ahab.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
am 3090, bc 914

Jehoshaphat:

1 Kings 22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
1 Chronicles 3:10 And Solomon's son [was] Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
2 Chronicles 17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
2 Chronicles 20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: [he was] thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

began to reign:
"Began to reign alone.
1 Kings 22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
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1K 22:2, 51. 1Ch 3:10. 2Ch 17:1; 20:31.

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