As Jehoshaphat returns home from the battle at Ramoth Gilead he is confronted by the prophet Jehu son of Hanani (19:1–3). This is reminiscent of Azariah’s confrontation of Jehoshaphat’s father, Asa, upon his return from the battle against the Ethiopians in 15:2, a battle in which the earlier royal also cried out for help in the midst of overwhelming odds (2 Chron. 14:9–15). While the timing of the prophetic confrontation is sim…