Bible in Basic English
"And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's rule over Israel."
— 1 Kings 22:41, Bible in Basic English
“And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.”
“And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. ”
“But Josaphat, the son of Asa, began to reign over Juda, in the fourth year of Acbab, king of Israel.”
And the war-carriage was washed by the pool of Samaria, which was the bathing-place of the loose women, and the dogs were drinking his blood there, as the Lord had said.
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all he did, and his ivory house, and all the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
So Ahab was put to rest with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.
And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's rule over Israel.
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was king for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
He did as Asa his father had done, not turning away from it, but doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord; but the high places were not taken away: the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.