OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 47

1 Kings 22:47

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There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.

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1 Kings 22:44–50

44

Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

45

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he fought, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

46

The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.

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There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.

48

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.

49

Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat would not.

50

Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city. Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

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