2 Chronicles 18:1
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Now Josaphat was rich and very glorious, and was joined by affinity to Achab.

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3107 B.C.

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2 Chronicles 1:11-15 And God said to Solomon: Because this choice hath pleased thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, and wealth, and glory, nor the lives of them that hate thee, nor many days of life: but hast asked wisdom and knowledge, to be able to judge my people, over which I have made thee king, . . .

2 Chronicles 17:5,12 And the Lord established the kingdom in his hand, and all Juda brought presents to Josaphat: and he acquired immense riches, and much glory. . . .

Matthew 6:33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

2 Chronicles 8:18 And Hiram sent him ships by the hands of his servants, and skilful mariners, and they went with Solomon's servants to Ophir, and they took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought it to king Solomon.

) which fatal connection was highly displeasing to God, and Jehoshaphat was severely reproved for it by Jehu the seer

2 Chronicles 19:1-3 And Josaphat king of Juda returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. . . .

2 Chronicles 18:31 So when the captains of the cavalry saw Josaphat, they said: This is the king of Israel. And they surrounded him to attack him: but he cried to the Lord, and he helped him, and turned them away from him.

2 Chronicles 19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer met him, and said to him: Thou helpest the ungodly, and thou art joined in friendship with them that hate the Lord, and therefore thou didst deserve indeed the wrath of the Lord:

2 Chronicles 21:6 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 22:2,3 Ochozias was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Athalia the daughter of Amri. . . .

1 Kings 16:31-33 Nor was it enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat: but he also took to wife Jezabel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians. And he went, and served Baal, and adored him. . . .

1 Kings 21:25 Now, there was not such another as Achab, who was sold to do evil in the sight of the Lord: for his wife, Jezabel, set him on,

2 Kings 8:18,26,27 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had walked: for the daughter of Achab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. . . .

2 Kings 11:1 Now Athalia, the mother of Ochozias, seeing that her son was dead, arose and slew all the royal seed.

2 Corinthians 6:14 Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness?

Context
Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab
1Now Josaphat was rich and very glorious, and was joined by affinity to Achab.2And he went down to him after some years to Samaria: and Achab at his coming killed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people that came with him: and he persuaded him to go up to Ramoth Galaad.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 17:5
And the Lord established the kingdom in his hand, and all Juda brought presents to Josaphat: and he acquired immense riches, and much glory.

2 Chronicles 19:2
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer met him, and said to him: Thou helpest the ungodly, and thou art joined in friendship with them that hate the Lord, and therefore thou didst deserve indeed the wrath of the Lord:

2 Chronicles 21:6
And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

Lexicon
Now Jehoshaphat
לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט (lî·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3092: Jehoshaphat -- 'the LORD has judged', the name of a number of Israelites

had
וַיְהִ֧י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

riches
עֹ֥שֶׁר (‘ō·šer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6239: Wealth

and honor
וְכָב֖וֹד (wə·ḵā·ḇō·wḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

in abundance,
לָרֹ֑ב (lā·rōḇ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

and he allied himself with Ahab
לְאַחְאָֽב׃ (lə·’aḥ·’āḇ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 256: Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet

by marriage.
וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֖ן (way·yiṯ·ḥat·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2859: To give, away in marriage, to contract affinity by marriage


Additional Translations
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.

And Josaphat had yet great wealth and glory, and he connected himself by marriage with the house of Achaab.

And Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.

And Jehoshaphat hath riches and honour in abundance, and joineth affinity to Ahab,
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