Jehoshaphat ascended the throne in the fourth year of Ahab (1 Kings 22:41), probably after that monarch had contracted his alliance wit…

And Jehoshaphat ... in his stead. —The last words of 1 Kings 15:24. The name means Iah judges.

And strengt…

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead
In the stead of Asa his father:

Jehoshaphat found his people generally very ignorant, and therefore endeavoured to have them well taught. The public teaching of the word of God fo…