And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he 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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Interpretation
Jehoshaphat kept close to the worship of God, and did what he could to keep his people close to it. But after God had done such great things for him, given him not only victory, but wealth; after this, to go and join himself with a wicked king, was very ungrateful.
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This thought runs through 2 Chronicles 20:31-34.
Glossary
- Jehoshaphat Person
- Jehovah-judged. (1. ) One of David’s body-guard ( 1 Chr. 11:43 ). (2. ) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem ( 1 Chr. 15:24 ).
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
- Azubah Person
- Deserted. (1. ) The wife of Caleb ( 1 Chr. 2:18 , 19). (2. ) The daughter of Shilhi, and mother of king Jehoshaphat ( 1 Kings 22:42 ).