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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 22:44 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 22:44 |
King James |
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This refers probably to an early period in Jehoshaphat's reign - about his eighth or his ninth year - when he closed the long series of wars between the two kingdoms by a formal peace, perhaps at once cemented by a marriage between Jehoram and Athaliah (Kg1 22:2 note). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Made peace - With Ahab first, and then with his son. This is noted as a blemish in his government, Ch2 19:2, and proved of most mischievous consequence to his posterity. |
2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.