43. Jehoshaphat carefully followed the example his father Asa had set and did what the Lord considered right.
44. But the illegal worship sites were not torn down. The people continued to sacrifice and burn incense at these worship sites. Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45. Isn’t everything else about Jehoshaphat—the heroic acts he did and ⌊the wars⌋ he fought—written in the official records of the kings of Judah?
46. He rid the land of the male temple prostitutes who were left there from the time of his father Asa.
47. There was no king in Edom; instead, a deputy ruled.
48. Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-style ships to go to Ophir for gold. But they didn’t go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.