Jehoshaphat
King of Judah · 914–889 BC
See him on the kings chart · On the timeline
His Reign
- Reigned
- twenty and five years 1 Kings 22:42
- Began to Reign
- thirty and five years old 1 Kings 22:42
- Began
- in Ahab’s 4th year 1 Kings 22:41
- His Mother
- Azubah 1 Kings 22:42
- Before Him
- Asa
- After Him
- Jehoram
In the Sight of the LORD
“doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD” 1 Kings 22:43
Ussher’s Years
- Reigned 914–889 BC
- “a better son succeded him in his stead, called Jehosophat”
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed.
In Israel in His Day
- Ahab King of Israel · 918–897 BC
- Ahaziah King of Israel · 897–896 BC
- Jehoram King of Israel · 896–884 BC
Prophets in His Day
- Elisha Named in 2 Kings 3:14