41aJehoshaphat 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 whatwas 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?
46aAnd the rest of the1 perverted persons, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he banished from the land.
On the general piety of Asa, see above, I Kings 15:11-15 and references. Jehoshaphat seems to have been a still better king, for he did not, like Asa, fall away in his old age II Chronicles 16:2-12.
The high places were not taken away - This seems to contradict II Chronicles 17:6. Probably the writer of Chronicles refers to the desire and intention of the monarch, while the author of Kings records the practical failure of his efforts.
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