Reigns of Jehoshaphat of Judah and Ahaziah of Israel, These reigns are related in the usual annalistic style.

1 Kings 22:47, which says there was no king in Edom, is very obscure. It seems to imply that Jehoshaphat owned Edom, and ruled by his own nominee, but in 2 Kings 3 we read of a king of Edom.

1 Kings 22:48. On Ophir and Ezion-geber, see 1 Kings 9:26; 1 Kings 9:28. The Chronicler (2 Chronicles 20:37) says that the ships were wrecked as a punishment for Jehoshaphat's alliance with the king of Israel. The book concludes abruptly, and there is no real gap between 1 and 2 K.; indeed 1 Kings 22:51 should really be joined to 2 Kings 1:1.

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