39. The rest of the acts of Ahab, with all that he did, including the ivory house he built and all the cities he built, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
40. Ahab rested with his ancestors, and his son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.
41. Jehoshaphat, son of Asa, became king of Judah in the fourth year of Ahab, king of Israel.
42. Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah, daughter of Shilhi.
43. He walked in the way of Asa his father unceasingly, doing what was right in the Lord’s sight.
44. Nevertheless, the high places did not disappear, and the people still sacrificed on the high places and burned incense there.
45. Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.