5. But first, let's ask the Lord.”
6. Ahab sent for about four hundred prophets and asked, “Should I attack the Syrians at Ramoth?”“Yes!” the prophets answered. “The Lord will help you defeat them.”
7. But Jehoshaphat said, “Just to make sure, is there another of the Lord's prophets we can ask?”
8. “We could ask Micaiah son of Imlah,” Ahab said. “But I hate Micaiah. He always has bad news for me.”“Don't say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
9. Then Ahab sent someone to bring Micaiah as soon as possible.
43-46. Jehoshaphat obeyed the Lord, just as his father Asa had done, and during his rule he was at peace with the king of Israel.He got rid of the rest of the prostitutes from the local shrines, but he did not destroy the shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.Everything else Jehoshaphat did while he was king, including his brave deeds and military victories, is written in The History of the Kings of Judah.
47. The country of Edom had no king at the time, so a lower official ruled the land.
48. Jehoshaphat had seagoing ships built to sail to Ophir for gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber and never sailed.
49. Ahaziah son of Ahab offered to let his sailors go with Jehoshaphat's sailors, but Jehoshaphat refused.
50. Jehoshaphat died and was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem, and his son Jehoram became king.
51. Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat's rule in Judah, and he ruled two years from Samaria.
52. Ahaziah disobeyed the Lord, just as his father, his mother, and Jeroboam had done. They all led Israel to sin.
53. Ahaziah worshipped Baal and made the Lord God of Israel very angry, just as his father had done.