King Jehoshaphat

And it came to pass in the third year, that jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

And he said unto jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

And jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

• Reproof

And the king of Israel said unto jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

And the king of Israel and jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

And the king of Israel said unto jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

So the king of Israel and jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.

And the king of Israel said unto jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and jehoshaphat cried out.

And jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

And jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

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.

So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

And he went and sent to jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

But jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

And jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

So Jehu the son of jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

• Diplomacy
• Jehoshaphat
• Liberality

And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

• Confederated
• Armies

And Ahab king of Israel said unto jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.

And jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

And the king of Israel said unto jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

And the king of Israel and jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

And the king of Israel said to jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?

So the king of Israel and jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.

And the king of Israel said unto jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

• Prayer

And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

And jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.

• Alliances
• Reproof

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.

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

• Alliances

And after this did jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

And he had brethren the sons of jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of jehoshaphat king of Israel.

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,