And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
Ver. 44. And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.] But better he had not, for God was deeply displeased with it. 2Ch 19:2 Now a man had better be at odds with all the world, than with God and his own conscience. He purchaseth his outward peace at too dear a rate, that parteth with his inward for it. Numa's temple of old is said to have had this inscription, πιστεως και ειρηνης ιερος, The temple of faith and peace; but first of faith.