2 Chronicles 20:35
 2 Chronicles 20:35 
New International Version (©2011)
Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, whose ways were wicked.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Some time later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who was very wicked.

English Standard Version (©2001)
After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
After this, Judah's King Jehoshaphat made an alliance with Israel's King Ahaziah, who was guilty of wrongdoing.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Sometime later, King Jehoshaphat of Judah entered into a military alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, acting wickedly by doing so.

NET Bible (©2006)
Later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did evil.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
After this, King Jehoshaphat of Judah allied himself with King Ahaziah of Israel, who led him to do evil.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

American King James Version
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

American Standard Version
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:

Douay-Rheims Bible
After these things Josaphat king of Juda made friendship with Ochozias king of Israel, whose works were very wicked.

Darby Bible Translation
And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly.

English Revised Version
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:

Webster's Bible Translation
And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

World English Bible
After this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:

Young's Literal Translation
And after this hath Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, (he did wickedly in so doing),

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

20:31-37 Jehoshaphat kept close to the worship of God, and did what he could to keep his people close to it. But after God had done such great things for him, given him not only victory, but wealth; after this, to go and join himself with a wicked king, was very ungrateful. What could he expect but that God would be angry with him? Yet it seems, he took the warning; for when Ahaziah afterward pressed him to join him, he would not, 1Ki 22:49. Thus the alliance was broken, and the Divine rebuke had its effect, at least for a season. Let us be thankful for any losses which may have prevented the loss of our immortal souls. Let us praise the Lord, who sought after us, and left us not to perish in our sins.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 35. - And after this. The historical episode of these three verses (35-37) is evidently misplaced. As Ahaziah succeeded his father Ahab in Jehoshaphat's seventeenth year, we of course are at no loss to fix the time of Jehoshaphat's "joining himself with Ahaziah." He had "joined himself" with Ahab, and had smarted for it, and yet "after" that, he "joined himself" with his son Ahaziah. We do not doubt that the "who" of this verse refers to Ahaziah, not, as some think, to Jehoshaphat.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel,.... Meaning, not after the invasion of the Moabites, &c. and the slaughter of them, but after Jehoshaphat returned from Ramothgilead, when he was reproved by a prophet for helping the ungodly, 2 Chronicles 19:1 so that it was a great aggravation of his folly and weakness, that after that, and quickly after that, he should join himself to a wicked prince, though not in war, but in trade; for so it must be, since Ahaziah reigned but two years, and those not complete, see 1 Kings 22:51, but is here related, that Jehoshaphat's weaknesses and blemishes might be laid together:

who did very wickedly; that is, Ahaziah, who walked in the ways of Ahab his father, and of Jezebel his mother, and of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 1 Kings 22:52.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

35-37. after this did Jehoshaphat … join himself with Ahaziah … to make ships—A combined fleet was built at Ezion-geber, the destination of which was to voyage to Tartessus, but it was wrecked. Jehoshaphat's motive for entering into this partnership was to secure a free passage through Israel, for the vessels were to be conveyed across the Isthmus of Suez, and to sail to the west of Europe from one of the ports of Palestine on the Mediterranean. Eliezer, a prophet, denounced this unholy alliance, and foretold, as divine judgment, the total wreck of the whole fleet. The consequence was, that although Jehoshaphat broke off—in obedience to the divine will—his league with Ahaziah, he formed a new scheme of a merchant fleet, and Ahaziah wished to be admitted a partner [1Ki 22:48]. The proposal of the Israelitish king was respectfully declined [1Ki 22:49]. The destination of this new fleet was to Ophir, because the Israelitish seaports were not accessible to him for the Tartessus trade; but the ships, when just off the docks, were wrecked in the rocky creek of Ezion-geber.


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Jehoshaphat's Convoy Perishes
35And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber. 37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has broken your works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

1 Kings 22:48 Now Jehoshaphat built a fleet of trading ships to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail--they were wrecked at Ezion Geber.
1 Kings 22:49 At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my men sail with yours," but Jehoshaphat refused.