Here begin the life and reign of Jehoshaphat, who was one of the first three among the royal worthies, one of the best that ever swayed the sceptre of Judah since David’s head was laid. He was the good son of a good father, so that, as this time, grace ran in the blood, even in the blood-royal.

Here we find concerning Jehoshaphat, I. What a wise man he was. As soon as he came to the crown he strengthened himself against Israel, 2 Chron. 17:1. Ahab, an active warlike prince, had now been three years upon the throne of Israel, the vigour of his beginning falling in with the decay of Asa’s…

We have here a further account of Jehoshaphat’s great prosperity and the flourishing state of his kingdom. I. He had good interest in the neighbouring princes and nations.