2 Chronicles 18:2

“And after certain years, etc.] Two years, according to the Syriac and Arabic versions, or in the third year after the affinity was contracted, (see <112202>1 Kings 22:2), he went down to Ahab to Samaria; to pay him a visit upon the alliance, civil and matrimonial, contracted between them: and Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him; entertained him and his retinue in a very grand and liberal manner: and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead; from hence, to the end of the chapter, it is the same with (<112204>1 Kings 22:4-37).”

“After certain years - In Jehoshaphat’s 17th year 1 Kings 22:51, not less than 8 years after the marriage (marginal reference note). return to 'Top of Page'”

“after certain years: Heb. at the end of years, Kg1 17:7; Neh 13:6 \*marg. he went: Ch2 19:2; 1Kings 22:2-28 Ahab: Kg1 1:9; Isa 22:12, Isa 22:13; Luk 17:27-29 persuaded: Kg1 22:4, Kg1 22:20-22 Ramothgilead: Deu 4:43; Jos 20:8; Kg1 4:13; Kg2 9:1 2 Chronicles 18:3”

“The campaign undertaken along with Ahab against the Syrians at Ramoth in Gilead, with its origin, course, and results for Ahab, is narrated in 1 Kings (in the history of Ahab) in agreement with our narrative, only the introduction to the war being different here. In Kg1 22:1-3 it is remarked, in connection with the preceding wars of Ahab with the Syrians, that after there had been no war for three years between Aram and Israel, in the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah came up to the king of Israel; and the latter, when he and his servants had determined to snatch away from the Syrians the city Ramoth in Gilead, which belonged to Israel, called upon Jehoshaphat to march with him to the war…”