1 Kings 22:2
New International Version
But in the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to see the king of Israel.

New Living Translation
Then during the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel.

English Standard Version
But in the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,

King James Bible
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

New King James Version
Then it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
In the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

NASB 1995
In the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

NASB 1977
And it came about in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

Amplified Bible
In the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
However, in the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit the king of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to visit the king of Israel.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And it was in the third year, and Yushaphat, King of Yehuda, came down to Akhab, King of Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass in the third year, that Josaphat king of Juda went down to the king of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
During the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And in the third year, Josaphat king of Juda came down to the king of Israel.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit the king of Israel.

Good News Translation
but in the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to see King Ahab of Israel.

International Standard Version
During that third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit the king of Israel.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

Literal Standard Version
And it comes to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah comes down to the king of Israel,

Majority Standard Bible
However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,

New American Bible
In the third year, however, King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

NET Bible
In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit the king of Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
But in the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

New Heart English Bible
It happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

World English Bible
In the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh down unto the king of Israel,

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Context
Ahab and the False Prophets
1Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel. 2However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel, 3who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”…

Cross References
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.

1 Kings 22:1
Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.

1 Kings 22:44
Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 18:2
And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him, and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.


Treasury of Scripture

And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

A.

1 Kings 22:1
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.

Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 16:21
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

Jehoshaphat

1 Kings 22:41,44
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel…

1 Kings 15:24
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 8:18
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

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1 Kings 22
1. Ahab, seduced by false prophets, by Michaiah's word, is slain at Ramoth Gilead
37. The dogs lick up his blood, and Ahaziah succeeds him
41. Jehoshaphat's good reign
45. His acts
46. Jehoram succeeds him
51. Ahaziah's evil reign














(2) Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down.--The fuller account of the Chronicles (2 Chronicles 17) notices that the early part of his reign had been marked by a continuance or increase of the prosperity of Asa; but (1Kings 18:1) adds, in significant connection, he " had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab," so that this prosperity was, at any rate in part, dependent on a change of policy from enmity to alliance, with apparently some measure of dependence, dangerous alike spiritually and politically, but probably thought to be a necessity. The visit of Jehoshaphat (2Chronicles 18:2) was one of festivity, of which Ahab took advantage.

Verse 2. - And it came to pass in the third year [Of the peace; not after the death of Naboth, as Stanley], that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down [The journey to Jerusalem being invariably described as a "going up," one from Jerusalem to the provinces would naturally be spoken of as a "going down"] to the king of Israel. [For aught that appears, this was the first time that the monarchs of the sister kingdoms had met, except in battle, since the disruption, though the marriage of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, with Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, had taken place some years before this date (2 Chronicles 18:1, 2). It is probable that it was the growing power of Syria had led to this affinity and alliance.]

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
However,
וַיְהִ֖י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in the third
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑ית (haš·šə·lî·šîṯ)
Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)

year,
בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה (baš·šā·nāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

Jehoshaphat
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט (yə·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3092: Jehoshaphat -- 'the LORD has judged', the name of a number of Israelites

king
מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Judah
יְהוּדָ֖ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

went down
וַיֵּ֛רֶד (way·yê·reḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

[visit] the king
מֶ֥לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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