1 Kings 22:41
in 1 Kings 22In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
KJV
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
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This verse in 1 Kings 22
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. And as Ahab reigned twenty two years, 1Ki 16:29, Jehoshaphat must reign about eighteen years with him, and seven years after him.
This site's exposition
began to reign over Judah
on 1 Kings 22:41-43
Jehoshaphat's record opens with the formula this book gives every king of Judah, judged against doing right in the eyes of the Lord, and his mother Azubah is named as every queen mother in this book is named. The same qualifier attached to nearly every good king before him is attached here too: the high places were not taken away, so the people still offered and burnt incense there.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The writer returns to the history of the kingdom of Judah (connect this verse with 1Ki 15:24), sketching briefly a reign much more fully given by the writer of Chronicles 2 Chr. 17–20. Compare also the marginal references.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וִיהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙ | vihoshafat | and Jehoshaphat | H3092 → | 84 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָסָ֔א | ʾasa' | Asa | H609 → | 57 times |
| מָלַ֖ךְ | malakh | he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| בִּשְׁנַ֣ת | bishnat | in year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| אַרְבַּ֔ע | ʾarba' | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| לְאַחְאָ֖ב | leachav | of Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וִיהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙and Jehoshaphat
vihoshafatH3092 →84 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אָסָ֔אAsa
ʾasa'H609 →57 times
מָלַ֖ךְhe became king
malakhH4427 →348 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יְהוּדָ֑הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
בִּשְׁנַ֣תin year
bishnatH8141 →877 times
אַרְבַּ֔עfour
ʾarba'H702 →318 times
לְאַחְאָ֖בof Ahab
leachavH256 →92 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 17:1Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 1:8
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City…
- 1 Kings 15:24
Through
1 Chronicles 3:10Solomon’s son was Rehoboam:
it leads to
- 1 Kings 11:43
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 17:1
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
- 1 Kings 14:31
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:8
And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 11:43
Through
1 Kings 22:2However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,
it leads to
- 1 Kings 22:1
Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:1
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Kings.
