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

This is the line of King Solomon's descendants from father to son: Solomon, Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat succeeded his father Asa as king and strengthened his position against Israel.

Jehoshaphat had become king of Judah at the age of thirty-five and had ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.