“Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 22 contains 53 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.