29. The fear of God came on all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard how the Lord had fought against Israel’s enemies.
30. As a result, Jehoshaphat’s rule was peaceful because his God gave him rest on all sides.
31. Jehoshaphat ruled over Judah. He was 35 years old when he became king, and he ruled for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah; she was Shilhi’s daughter.
32. Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and didn’t turn aside from it, doing what was right in the Lord’s eyes,
33. with the exception that he didn’t remove the shrines. The people were still not committed with all their hearts to the God of their ancestors.
34. The rest of Jehoshaphat’s deeds, from beginning to end, are written in the records of Jehu, Hanani’s son, which are included in the records of Israel’s kings.
35. Sometime later, Judah’s King Jehoshaphat formed an alliance with Israel’s King Ahaziah, which caused him to sin.
36. They agreed to build a fleet of Tarshish-styled ships, and they built them in Ezion-geber.
37. Eliezer, Dodavahu’s son from Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat: "Because you have formed an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have made." The ships were wrecked and couldn’t sail to Tarshish.