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1 Kings 22:42

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Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

KJV

Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

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This verse in 1 Kings 22

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

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 Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), but then it was in the prime of his time, between thirty-five and sixty, and these twenty-five, added to his father's happy forty-one, give us a grateful idea of the flourishing condition of the kingdom of Judah, and of religion in it, for a great while, even when things were very bad, upon all accounts, in the kingdom of Israel.

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Jehoshaphat was thirty five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem,.... So that he must be sixty years of age when he died: and his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi; but of what family they were is not said.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טJehoshaphat

    yehoshafatH3092 →84 times

  • בֶּן־[was] a son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • שְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםthirty

    sheloshimH7970 →172 times

  • וְחָמֵ֤שׁand five

    vechameshH2568 →343 times

  • שָׁנָה֙year[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • בְּמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king he

    bemalekhoH4427 →348 times

  • וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםand twenty

    veesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וְחָמֵשׁ֙and five

    vechameshH2568 →343 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of

    veshemH8034 →864 times

  • אִמּ֔וֹmother his

    ʾimoH517 →220 times

  • עֲזוּבָ֖ה[was] Azubah

    ʾazuvahH5806 →

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • שִׁלְחִֽי׃Shilhi

    shilchiH7977 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 15:2and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.2 works2 Kings 1:17So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.2 works2 Kings 8:16In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.2 works1 Kings 14:21Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.2 works1 Kings 15:10and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 Kings 1:17

    So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 3:1

      In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    1 Kings 14:21

    Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 12:13

      Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of…

    • 1 Kings 11:36

      I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

    • 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.

  • Through

    1 Kings 15:2

    and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 13:2

      and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    2 Kings 8:16

    In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 1:17

      So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of…

  • Through

    1 Kings 15:10

    and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 15:13

      He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 15:2

      and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The Death of Ahab — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Ahab — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 22 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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