39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, athe ivory house which he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
40 So Ahab rested with his fathers. Then aAhaziah his son reigned in his place.
Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah
41 aJehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 And ahe walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord. Nevertheless bthe high places were not taken away, for the people offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
44 Also aJehoshaphat made bpeace with the king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the might that he showed, and how he made war, are they not written ain the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
46 aAnd the rest of the1 perverted persons, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he banished from the land.
47 aThere was then no king in Edom, only a deputy of the king.
48 aJehoshaphat bmade merchant ships to go to cOphir for gold; dbut they never sailed, for the ships were wrecked at eEzion Geber.
49 Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat would not.
50 And aJehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
Ahaziah Reigns in Israel
51 aAhaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
52 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, and awalked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin;
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