John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 20:35

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, etc.] Meaning, not after the invasion of the Moabites, etc. and the slaughter of them, but after Jehoshaphat returned from Ramothgilead, when he was reproved by a prophet for helping the ungodly, (<141901>2 Chronicles 19:1,2) so that it was a great aggravation of his folly and weakness, that after that, and quickly after that, he should join himself to a wicked prince, though not in war, but in trade; for so it must be, since Ahaziah reigned but two years, and those not complete, (see <112251>1 Kings 22:51), but is here related, that Jehoshaphat’s weaknesses and blemishes might be laid together: who did very wickedly; that is, Ahaziah, who walked in the ways of Ahab his father, and of Jezebel his mother, and of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, (<112252>1 Kings 22:52).

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