1 Kings 22:41 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Jehoshaphat. — The narrative here, so far as it is full and continuous, centres round the prophetic work of Elijah and Elisha, the scene of which was in Israel; and the compiler contents himself with the insertion of a few brief annalistic notices of the kingdom of Judah, taking up the thread of the narrative of chapter 15:24, except where (as in 2 Kings 3) it becomes again connected with the history of Israel. In the Chronicles, on the contrary, there is a full and interesting account of the reign of Jehoshaphat, and especially of his great religious revival (2 Chronicles 17-20), coinciding with this chapter, almost verbally, in the account of the battle at Ramoth-gilead. The brief notices here of the religious work of Jehoshaphat, his might,” and his “wars,” agree entirely with this fuller record.

1 Kings 22:41

41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.