Bible Cross References
Josaphat
1 Kings 15:24
Asa died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king.
1 Kings 22:2-50
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but in the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to see King Ahab of Israel.
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Ahab asked his officials, "Why is it that we have not done anything to get back Ramoth in Gilead from the king of Syria? It belongs to us!"
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And Ahab asked Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to attack Ramoth?" "I am ready when you are," Jehoshaphat answered, "and so are my soldiers and my cavalry.
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But first let's consult the LORD."
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So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them, "Should I go and attack Ramoth, or not?" "Attack it," they answered. "The Lord will give you victory."
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But Jehoshaphat asked, "Isn't there another prophet through whom we can consult the LORD?"
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Ahab answered, "There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me; it's always something bad." "You shouldn't say that!" Jehoshaphat replied.
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Then Ahab called in a court official and told him to go and get Micaiah at once.
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The two kings, dressed in their royal robes, were sitting on their thrones at the threshing place just outside the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying in front of them.
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One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab, "This is what the LORD says: 'With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.' "
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All the other prophets said the same thing. "March against Ramoth and you will win," they said. "The LORD will give you victory."
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Meanwhile, the official who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, "All the other prophets have prophesied success for the king, and you had better do the same."
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But Micaiah answered, "By the living LORD I promise that I will say what he tells me to!"
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When he appeared before King Ahab, the king asked him, "Micaiah, should King Jehoshaphat and I go and attack Ramoth, or not?" "Attack!" Micaiah answered. "Of course you'll win. The LORD will give you victory."
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But Ahab replied, "When you speak to me in the name of the LORD, tell the truth! How many times do I have to tell you that?"
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Micaiah answered, "I can see the army of Israel scattered over the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These men have no leader; let them go home in peace.' "
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Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you that he never prophesies anything good for me? It's always something bad!"
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Micaiah went on: "Now listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him.
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The LORD asked, 'Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and be killed at Ramoth?' Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else,
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until a spirit stepped forward, approached the LORD, and said, 'I will deceive him.'
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'How?' the LORD asked. The spirit replied, 'I will go and make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies.' The LORD said, 'Go and deceive him. You will succeed.' "
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And Micaiah concluded: "This is what has happened. The LORD has made these prophets of yours lie to you. But he himself has decreed that you will meet with disaster!"
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Then the prophet Zedekiah went up to Micaiah, slapped his face, and asked, "Since when did the LORD's spirit leave me and speak to you?"
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"You will find out when you go into some back room to hide," Micaiah replied.
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Then King Ahab ordered one of his officers, "Arrest Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Prince Joash.
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Tell them to throw him in prison and to put him on bread and water until I return safely."
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"If you return safely," Micaiah exclaimed, "then the LORD has not spoken through me!" And he added, "Listen, everyone, to what I have said!"
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Then King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to attack the city of Ramoth in Gilead.
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Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "As we go into battle, I will disguise myself, but you wear your royal garments." So the king of Israel went into battle in disguise.
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The king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders to attack no one else except the king of Israel.
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So when they saw King Jehoshaphat, they all thought that he was the king of Israel, and they turned to attack him. But when he cried out,
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they realized that he was not the king of Israel, and they stopped their attack.
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By chance, however, a Syrian soldier shot an arrow which struck King Ahab between the joints of his armor. "I'm wounded!" he cried out to his chariot driver. "Turn around and pull out of the battle!"
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While the battle raged on, King Ahab remained propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrians. The blood from his wound ran down and covered the bottom of the chariot, and at evening he died.
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Near sunset the order went out through the Israelite ranks: "Each of you go back to your own country and city!"
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So died King Ahab. His body was taken to Samaria and buried.
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His chariot was cleaned up at the pool of Samaria, where dogs licked up his blood and prostitutes washed themselves, as the LORD had said would happen.
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Everything else that King Ahab did, including an account of his palace decorated with ivory and of all the cities he built, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
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At his death his son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.
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In the fourth year of the reign of King Ahab of Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah
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at the age of thirty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
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Like his father Asa before him, he did what was right in the sight of the LORD; but the places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
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Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
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Everything else that Jehoshaphat did, all his bravery and his battles, are recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
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He got rid of all the male and female prostitutes serving at the pagan altars who were still left from the days of his father Asa.
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The land of Edom had no king; it was ruled by a deputy appointed by the king of Judah.
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King Jehoshaphat had ocean-going ships built to sail to the land of Ophir for gold; but they were wrecked at Eziongeber and never sailed.
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Then King Ahaziah of Israel offered to let his men sail with Jehoshaphat's men, but Jehoshaphat refused the offer.
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Jehoshaphat died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Jehoram succeeded him as king.
2 Kings 3:1
In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, Joram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for twelve years.
2 Chronicles 17:1-20
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Jehoshaphat succeeded his father Asa as king and strengthened his position against Israel.
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He stationed troops in the fortified cities of Judah, in the Judean countryside, and in the cities which Asa had captured in the territory of Ephraim.
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The LORD blessed Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father's early life and did not worship Baal.
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He served his father's God, obeyed God's commands, and did not act the way the kings of Israel did.
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The LORD gave Jehoshaphat firm control over the kingdom of Judah, and all the people brought him gifts, so that he became wealthy and highly honored.
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He took pride in serving the LORD and destroyed all the pagan places of worship and the symbols of the goddess Asherah in Judah.
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In the third year of his reign he sent out the following officials to teach in the cities of Judah: Benhail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah.
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They were accompanied by nine Levites and two priests. The Levites were Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah; and the priests were Elishama and Jehoram.
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They took the book of the Law of the LORD and went through all the towns of Judah, teaching it to the people.
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The LORD made all the surrounding kingdoms afraid to go to war against King Jehoshaphat.
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Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat a large amount of silver and other gifts, and some Arabs brought him 7,700 sheep and 7,700 goats.
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So Jehoshaphat continued to grow more and more powerful. Throughout Judah he built fortifications and cities,
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where supplies were stored in huge amounts. In Jerusalem he stationed outstanding officers,
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according to their clans. Adnah was the commander of the troops from the clans of Judah, and he had 300,000 soldiers under him.
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Second in rank was Jehohanan, with 280,000 soldiers,
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and third was Amasiah son of Zichri, with 200,000. (Amasiah had volunteered to serve the LORD.)
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The commander of the troops from the clans of Benjamin was Eliada, an outstanding soldier, in command of 200,000 men armed with shields and bows.
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His second in command was Jehozabad with 180,000 men, well-equipped for battle.
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These soldiers served the king in Jerusalem, and in addition he stationed others in the other fortified cities of Judah.
Jehoshaphat
1 Kings 22:50
Jehoshaphat died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Jehoram succeeded him as king.
2 Kings 8:16
In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab as king of Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah
Jehoram
1 Chronicles 3:11
2 Chronicles 21:1
Jehoshaphat died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City and his son Jehoram succeeded him as king.
Ozias
2 Kings 14:21
The people of Judah then crowned his sixteen-year-old son Uzziah as king.
2 Kings 15:1-6
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In the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel, Uzziah son of Amaziah became king of Judah
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at the age of sixteen, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
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Following the example of his father, he did what was pleasing to the LORD.
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But the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
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The LORD struck Uzziah with a dreaded skin disease that stayed with him the rest of his life. He lived in a separate house, relieved of all duties, while his son Jotham governed the country.
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Everything else that Uzziah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
Azariah
2 Chronicles 26:1-23
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All the people of Judah chose Amaziah's sixteen-year-old son Uzziah to succeed his father as king.
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(It was after the death of Amaziah that Uzziah recaptured Elath and rebuilt the city.)
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Uzziah became king at the age of sixteen, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
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Following the example of his father, he did what was pleasing to the LORD.
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As long as Zechariah, his religious adviser, was living, he served the LORD faithfully, and God blessed him.
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Uzziah went to war against the Philistines. He tore down the walls of the cities of Gath, Jamnia, and Ashdod, and built fortified cities near Ashdod and in the rest of Philistia.
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God helped him defeat the Philistines, the Arabs living at Gurbaal, and the Meunites.
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The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and he became so powerful that his fame spread even to Egypt.
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Uzziah strengthened the fortifications of Jerusalem by building towers at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and where the wall turned.
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He also built fortified towers in the open country and dug many cisterns, because he had large herds of livestock in the western foothills and plains. Because he loved farming, he encouraged the people to plant vineyards in the hill country and to farm the fertile land.
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He had a large army ready for battle. Its records were kept by his secretaries Jeiel and Maaseiah under the supervision of Hananiah, a member of the king's staff.
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The army was commanded by 2,600 officers.
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Under them were 307,500 soldiers able to fight effectively for the king against his enemies.
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Uzziah supplied the army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows and arrows, and stones for slinging.
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In Jerusalem his inventors made equipment for shooting arrows and for throwing large stones from the towers and corners of the city wall. His fame spread everywhere, and he became very powerful because of the help he received from God.
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But when King Uzziah became strong, he grew arrogant, and that led to his downfall. He defied the LORD his God by going into the Temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.
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Azariah the priest, accompanied by eighty strong and courageous priests, followed the king
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to resist him. They said, "Uzziah! You have no right to burn incense to the LORD. Only the priests who are descended from Aaron have been consecrated to do this. Leave this holy place. You have offended the LORD God, and you no longer have his blessing."
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Uzziah was standing there in the Temple beside the incense altar and was holding an incense burner. He became angry with the priests, and immediately a dreaded skin disease broke out on his forehead.
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Azariah and the other priests stared at the king's forehead in horror and then forced him to leave the Temple. He hurried to get out, because the LORD had punished him.
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For the rest of his life King Uzziah was ritually unclean because of his disease. Unable to enter the Temple again, he lived in his own house, relieved of all duties, while his son Jotham governed the country.
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The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz recorded all the other things that King Uzziah did during his reign.
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Uzziah died and was buried in the royal burial ground, but because of his disease he was not buried in the royal tombs. His son Jotham succeeded him as king.