The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign: 20:31–21:1 This final episode contains another evaluation of Jehoshaphat, as well as a short account of the king’s alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel in a failed maritime operation. Although the Chronicler used the source text in 1 Kings 22:41–50, he also made some significant changes to it and left out the material from 1 Kings 22:44, 46–47. For example, the source text mentions (1 Kings 22:43) that “the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense,” but instead the Chronicler substituted the phrase the people still had not set (kun) their hearts on the God of their fathers (2 Chron. 20:33). The final judgment on this king is therefore expressed in the programmatic language of the Chronicler, using again the well-known term kun to reflect the wr…
The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign
2 Chronicles 20:31--21:3
2 Chronicles 20:31--21:3
Understanding Series
by Louis C. Jonker
by Louis C. Jonker
Baker Publishing Group, Understanding the Bible Commentary Series, by Louis C. Jonker