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1 Kings 22:2
However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative places Jehoshaphat king of Judah traveling to the court of the king of Israel following a three-year period without war between Aram and Israel.
The words — The Hebrew וַ/יֵּ֛רֶד (va/i.Ye.red) literally means "and he went down," denoting his descent to the northern capital, while הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁ֑ית (ha./she.li.Shit) specifies "the third" year of the preceding truce.
The thread — This movement follows the three years of peace recorded in 1 Kings 22:1 and directly precedes the king of Israel’s query about Ramoth-gilead in 1 Kings 22:3, with 1 Kings 22:41 later anchoring Jehoshaphat’s reign to the fourth year of Ahab.
Why it lands — It records a diplomatic visit that interrupts a prolonged ceasefire, establishing the political context for the subsequent military consultation and prophetic confrontation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 15:24 And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 22:1 Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:41 In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
- 1 Kings 22:44 Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
- 2 Kings 8:18 And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had an abundance of riches and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
- Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matthew 16:21 From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.