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.
46. The rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, with his valor, what he did and how he fought, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.
47. He removed from the land the rest of the pagan priests who had remained in the reign of Asa his father.
48. There was no king in Edom, but an appointed regent.