Then, during the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel.
1 Kings 22:44 - Easy To Read Version Jehoshaphat made a peace agreement with the king of Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Jehoshaphat made peace with Israel's king. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. Common English Bible Jehoshaphat made peace with Israel’s king. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, he did not take away the high places. For still the people were sacrificing and burning incense in the high places. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Nevertheless he took not away the high places: for as yet the people offered sacrifices and burnt incense in the high places. |
Then, during the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel.
The temple had not yet been finished. So people were still making animal sacrifices [12] on altars at the high places. [13]
Solomon showed that he loved the Lord. He did this by obeying all the things his father David had told him to do. {But Solomon did something David did not tell him to do.} Solomon still used the high places to offer sacrifices and to burn incense. [14]
Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat was the king of Judah. Jehoram began to rule in the fifth year that Joram son of Ahab was king of Israel.
But Jehoram lived like the kings of Israel and did the things that the Lord said were wrong. Jehoram lived like the people from Ahab’s family. Jehoram lived like this because his wife was Ahab’s daughter.
Jehu the seer {\cf2\super [217]} went out to meet Jehoshaphat. Jehu’s father’s name was Hanani. Jehu said to King Jehoshaphat, “Why did you help evil people? Why do you love those people that hate the Lord? That is the reason the Lord is angry with you.
He lived the same way the kings of Israel lived. He lived the same way Ahab’s family lived. This was because Jehoram married Ahab’s daughter. And Jehoram did evil in the Lord’s sight.
“Your sins and your fathers’ sins are all the same.” The Lord said this, “Your fathers did these sins when they burned incense {\cf2\super [469]} in the mountains. They shamed me on those hills. And I punished them first. I gave them the punishment they should have.”
You are not the same as those people who don’t believe. So don’t join yourselves to them. Good and bad don’t belong together. Light and darkness cannot have fellowship (sharing).