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He acted wickedly in so doing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/20.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Afterwards, Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />After [all] this Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, and he acted wickedly in doing so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After this, Judah’s King Jehoshaphat made an alliance with Israel’s King Ahaziah, who was guilty of wrongdoing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After this, Judah&#8217s King Jehoshaphat made an alliance with Israel&#8217s King Ahaziah, who was guilty of wrongdoing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />While Jehoshaphat was king, he signed a peace treaty with Ahaziah the wicked king of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />After this, King Jehoshaphat of Judah allied himself with King Ahaziah of Israel, who led him to do evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />At one time King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did many wicked things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/20.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Sometime later, King Jehoshaphat of Judah entered into a military alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, acting wickedly by doing so. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/20.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah has joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel (he did wickedly in doing [this]),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And after this hath Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, (he did wickedly in so doing),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, he being unjust to do.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />After these things Josaphat king of Juda made friendship with Ochozias king of Israel, whose works were very wicked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />After these things, Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, formed a friendship with Ahaziah, the king of Israel, whose works were very impious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel—he acted wickedly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />After this King Jehoshaphat of Judah joined with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did wickedly.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly, more than all the kings of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And after these things Yehoshaphat King of Yehuda came to Ekhazyah, King of Israel. He was wicked who abounded to do more evil than all of the Kings of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And afterwards Josaphat king of Juda entered into an alliance with Ochozias king of Israel, (now this was an unrighteous man,)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=5002" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Jehoshaphat's Fleet is Wrecked</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: wə·’a·ḥă·rê·ḵên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">Later,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3092.htm" title="3092: yə·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ (N-proper-ms) -- From Yhovah and shaphat; Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem.">Jehoshaphat</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ- (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">king</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/2266.htm" title="2266: ’eṯ·ḥab·bar (V-Hitpael-Perf-3ms) -- To unite, be joined, to tie a magic knot or spell, to charm. A primitive root; to join; specifically to fascinate.">made an alliance</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/274.htm" title="274: ’ă·ḥaz·yāh (N-proper-ms) -- Or rachazyahuw; from 'achaz and Yahh; Jah has seized; Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king.">Ahaziah</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ- (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">king</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">acted</a> <a href="/hebrew/7561.htm" title="7561: hir·šî·a‘ (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To be wicked, act wickedly. A primitive root; to be wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate.">wickedly.</a> </span><span class="reftext">36</span>They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-48.htm">1 Kings 22:48-49</a></span><br />Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber. / At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/18-1.htm">2 Chronicles 18:1</a></span><br />Now Jehoshaphat had an abundance of riches and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-41.htm">1 Kings 22:41-44</a></span><br />In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah. / 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. / And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/19-2.htm">2 Chronicles 19:2</a></span><br />Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-1.htm">2 Chronicles 17:1-6</a></span><br />Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel. / He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured. / Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-6.htm">2 Chronicles 21:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-3.htm">2 Chronicles 22:3-4</a></span><br />Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness. / And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-7.htm">2 Chronicles 25:7-8</a></span><br />But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites. / Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-7.htm">2 Chronicles 16:7-9</a></span><br />At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. / Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand. / For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-17.htm">2 Chronicles 24:17-18</a></span><br />After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. / They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-16.htm">2 Chronicles 26:16-21</a></span><br />But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. / Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him. / They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-25.htm">2 Chronicles 32:25-26</a></span><br />But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem. / Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-9.htm">2 Chronicles 33:9-13</a></span><br />So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites. / And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen. / So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-20.htm">2 Chronicles 35:20-24</a></span><br />After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him. / But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!” / Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/16-29.htm">1 Kings 16:29-33</a></span><br />In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years. / However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him. / And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/22-48.htm">1 Kings 22:48,49</a></b></br> Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber… </p><p class="hdg">who did very</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/1-2.htm">2 Kings 1:2-16</a></b></br> And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that <i>was</i> in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/11-23.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/3-11.htm">Ahaziah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/3-11.htm">Ahazi'ah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-1.htm">Alliance</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-1.htm">Allied</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-11.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-10.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-34.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-34.htm">Jehoshaphat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-34.htm">Jehosh'aphat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-3.htm">Join</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-1.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-31.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/10-12.htm">Later</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-37.htm">Wickedly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/26-16.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-37.htm">Ahaziah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-2.htm">Ahazi'ah</a> <a href="/psalms/83-5.htm">Alliance</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-36.htm">Allied</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-6.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezra/4-17.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-10.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-37.htm">Jehoshaphat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-1.htm">Jehosh'aphat</a> <a href="/ezra/4-12.htm">Join</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-36.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-2.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-4.htm">Later</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-3.htm">Wickedly</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 20</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm">Jehoshaphat, invaded by Moab, proclaims a fast</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-5.htm">His prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-14.htm">The prophecy of Jahaziel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-20.htm">Jehoshaphat exhorts the people, and sets singers to praise the Lord</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-22.htm">The great overthrow of his enemies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-26.htm">The people, having blessed God at Berachah, return in triumph</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-31.htm">Jehoshaphat's reign</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">His convoy of ships, according to the prophecy of Eliezer, unhappily perishes.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His reign is noted for religious reforms and efforts to bring the people back to the worship of Yahweh. He is often remembered for his faithfulness to God, as seen in his earlier actions, such as seeking God's guidance in battle (<a href="/2_chronicles/20.htm">2 Chronicles 20:1-30</a>). His reign is generally dated to the 9th century BC. Jehoshaphat's efforts to strengthen Judah spiritually and militarily are well-documented, and he is praised for his judicial reforms and educational initiatives (<a href="/2_chronicles/17-7.htm">2 Chronicles 17:7-9</a>).<p><b>made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel</b><br>Ahaziah was the son of Ahab and Jezebel, rulers of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. His reign was marked by idolatry and continued the sinful practices of his parents, particularly the worship of Baal. The alliance between Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah is significant because it represents a political and military partnership between the two kingdoms, which were often at odds. This alliance is seen as a departure from Jehoshaphat's earlier faithfulness, as it involved cooperation with a king who did not follow the ways of the Lord. The alliance included a joint venture to build ships at Ezion-Geber, which ultimately failed (<a href="/2_chronicles/20-36.htm">2 Chronicles 20:36-37</a>).<p><b>who acted wickedly</b><br>Ahaziah's wickedness is highlighted in the biblical narrative, as he continued the idolatrous practices of his father Ahab. His reign is characterized by a lack of devotion to Yahweh and a continuation of the sins that led to the spiritual decline of Israel. The Bible often contrasts the righteous kings of Judah with the wicked kings of Israel, and Ahaziah's actions are a prime example of the latter. The alliance with Jehoshaphat is criticized by the prophet Eliezer, who rebukes Jehoshaphat for aligning himself with someone who did evil in the sight of the Lord (<a href="/2_chronicles/20-37.htm">2 Chronicles 20:37</a>). This serves as a reminder of the importance of maintaining spiritual integrity and the dangers of compromising with those who do not share the same values.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehoshaphat.htm">Jehoshaphat</a></b><br>King of Judah, known for his initial faithfulness to God and reforms to bring the people back to the worship of Yahweh. However, he made alliances that were not always wise.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/ahaziah.htm">Ahaziah</a></b><br>King of Israel, son of Ahab and Jezebel, known for his wickedness and idolatry, following in the footsteps of his parents.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, ruled by the descendants of David, including Jehoshaphat.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, often led by kings who did not follow God, including Ahaziah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/alliance.htm">Alliance</a></b><br>A political and military agreement between Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah, which was not pleasing to God due to Ahaziah's wickedness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_unequal_alliances.htm">The Danger of Unequal Alliances</a></b><br>Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahaziah serves as a warning against forming partnerships with those who do not share a commitment to God. Believers should be cautious about their associations and ensure they align with God's principles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_influence_of_leadership.htm">The Influence of Leadership</a></b><br>The actions of leaders like Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah have significant impacts on their nations. This reminds us of the responsibility leaders have to lead with integrity and faithfulness to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_past_mistakes.htm">Learning from Past Mistakes</a></b><br>Jehoshaphat's repeated mistakes in forming alliances with ungodly kings highlight the importance of learning from past errors and seeking God's guidance in decision-making.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>Despite human failures, God's sovereignty prevails. He judges actions according to His righteousness, as seen in the eventual failure of Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahaziah.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_counsel.htm">The Importance of Godly Counsel</a></b><br>Jehoshaphat's account underscores the need for seeking godly counsel and wisdom in all decisions, especially those involving partnerships and alliances.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 20</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_2_chronicles_20_symbolic_or_literal.htm">Could the dramatic defeat of multiple enemies be a later exaggeration or symbolic story rather than a literal event (2 Chronicles 20)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_outside_bible_for_2_chron_20.htm">Is there archaeological or historical evidence outside the Bible to corroborate this alleged miraculous victory (2 Chronicles 20)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jehoshaphat's_army_win_by_singing.htm">How did Jehoshaphat's army manage to march forth singing and then gather the spoils without engaging in a standard military offensive (2 Chronicles 20:21-25)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jehu_easily_execute_ahaziah.htm">In 2 Chronicles 22:9, how could Jehu swiftly seize and execute Ahaziah without apparent resistance, given Ahaziah's royal status and resources?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(35) <span class= "bld">And after this.</span>--The chronicler has omitted the notice that "Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel" (<a href="/1_kings/22-44.htm" title="And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.">1Kings 22:44</a>), and now he omits two other short verses of the parallel account, viz., <a href="/context/1_kings/22-46.htm" title="And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.">1Kings 22:46-47</a> : "And the remnant of the sodomites, which had remained in the days of his father Asa, he consumed out of the land. There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king." The former omission is perfectly natural, as the <span class= "ital">Q?d?shim</span> were not mentioned in Asa's reign (comp. <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm" title="And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.">1Kings 15:12</a>); and the latter is probably due to the fact that it was the religious aspect, and not the political antecedents, of Jehoshaphat s conduct that most interested the chronicler. Hence also the didactic tone of the following verses as compared with <a href="/context/1_kings/22-48.htm" title="Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.">1Kings 22:48-49</a>. The expression, "after this," can only mean after the overthrow of the three nations (<a href="/context/2_chronicles/20-1.htm" title="It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.">2Chronicles 20:1-30</a>). As Ahaziah began to reign in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat, and reigned two years (<a href="/1_kings/22-51.htm" title="Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.">1Kings 22:51</a>), the league between them was formed in the seventeenth or eighteenth year of the king of Judah. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 35.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And after this</span>. The historical episode of these three verses (35-37) is evidently misplaced. As Ahaziah succeeded his father Ahab in Jehoshaphat's seventeenth year, we of course are at no loss to fix the time of Jehoshaphat's "joining himself with Ahaziah." He had "joined himself" with Ahab, and had smarted for it, and yet "after" that, he "joined himself" with his son Ahaziah. We do not doubt that the "who" of this verse refers to Ahaziah, not, as some think, to Jehoshaphat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Later,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַחֲרֵיכֵ֗ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’a·ḥă·rê·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jehoshaphat</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3092.htm">Strong's 3092: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jehoshaphat -- 'the LORD has judged', the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">king</span><br /><span class="heb">מֶֽלֶךְ־</span> <span class="translit">(me·leḵ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">made an alliance</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְחַבַּר֙</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḥab·bar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2266.htm">Strong's 2266: </a> </span><span class="str2">To unite, be joined, to tie a magic knot or spell, to charm</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עִ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘im)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ahaziah</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחַזְיָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥaz·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_274.htm">Strong's 274: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ahaziah -- 'Yah has grasped', the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">king</span><br /><span class="heb">מֶֽלֶךְ־</span> <span class="translit">(me·leḵ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֖וּא</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">acted</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wickedly.</span><br /><span class="heb">הִרְשִׁ֥יעַ</span> <span class="translit">(hir·šî·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7561.htm">Strong's 7561: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, wrong, to disturb, violate</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">2 Chronicles 20:35 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">2 Chronicles 20:35 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">2 Chronicles 20:35 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">2 Chronicles 20:35 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">2 Chronicles 20:35 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">2 Chronicles 20:35 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">2 Chronicles 20:35 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">2 Chronicles 20:35 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">2 Chronicles 20:35 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">2 Chronicles 20:35 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 20:35 After this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 20:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 20:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 20:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 20:36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>