Jehoshaphat: Judged by the length of text that he dedicates to King Jehoshaphat of Judah (17:1–21:1), the Chronicler certainly considered this king of great importance for his historiographical reconstruction. Not only is this one of the longest royal accounts in Chronicles (together with those of Hezekiah and Josiah), but it also contains the most substantial portion of the Chronicler’s own material. Apart from 18:1–34 and 20:31–21:1, which make use of source materials in 1 Kings 22:1–35 and 22:41–50, respectively, the rest of the Jehoshaphat account consists of the Chronicler’s own material.

There is much ambiguity in the structure of the Chronicler’s account. Second Chronicles 17:1–6 introduces Jehoshaphat with references to his righteousness in the eyes of the Lord and to the successful…