And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's reign over Israel, when he was thirty-five years old. He came to the throne having profited from early training and having before him the example of his father Asa, who in nearly every crisis did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. His accession opened a prosperous reign of twenty-five years, in which he sought to walk in all the ways of Asa his father without turning aside, doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord.
Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's reign over Israel, when he was thirty-five years old. He came to the throne having profited from early training and having before him the example of his father Asa, who in nearly every crisis did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. His accession opened a prosperous reign of twenty-five years, in which he sought to walk in all the ways of Asa his father without turning aside, doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord.