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Jehoshaphat

 

JEHOSHAPHAT ;

1. David's recorder - 2Sa 8:16; 20:24; 1Ki 4:3; 1Ch 18:15

2. One of Solomon's commissariat officers - 1Ki 4:17

3. King of Judah

• Succeeds Asa
- 1Ki 15:24; 22:41; 1Ch 3:10; 2Ch 17:1; Mt 1:8
• Strengthens himself against Israel
- 2Ch 17:2
• Inaugurates a system of public instruction in the law
- 2Ch 17:7-9
• His wise reign
- 1Ki 22:43; 2Ch 17:7-9; 19:3-11
• His system of taxation
- 2Ch 17:11
• His military forces and armaments
- 2Ch 17:12-19
• Joins Ahab in an invasion of Ramoth-gilead
- 1Ki 22; 2Ch 18
• Rebuked by the prophet Jehu
- 2Ch 19:2
• The allied forces of the Amorites, Moabites, and other
tribes invade his territory, and are defeated by - 2Ch 20
• Builds ships for commerce with Tarshish, ships are destroyed
- 1Ki 22:48,49; 2Ch 20:35-37
• Joins Jehoram, king of Israel, in an invasion of the land of
Moab, defeats the Moabites - 2Ki 3
• Makes valuable gifts to the temple
- 2Ki 12:18
• Death of
- 1Ki 22:50; 2Ch 21:1
• Religious zeal of
- 1Ki 22:43,46; 2Ch 17:1-9; 19; 20:1-32; 22:9
• Prosperity of
- 1Ki 22:45,48
• Bequests of, to his children
- 1Ch 21:2,3

4. Father of Jehu - 2Ki 9:2,14

5. A priest who assisted in bringing the ark of the covenant from Obed-edom - 1Ch 15:24

6. A valley

• Called THE VALLEY OF DECISION
- Joe 3:2,12,14
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