1 Kings 22 · Verse 42

1 Kings 22:42

Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
1 Kings 22:42, King James Version

1 Kings 22:42 in other translations

BSBJehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
WEBJehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
ASVJehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
YLTJehoshaphat is a son of thirty and five years in his reigning, and twenty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
DARBYJehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
BBEJehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was king for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
WebsterJehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

What does 1 Kings 22:42 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 22:41-50

Jehoshaphat's reign appears to have been one of the best, both as to piety and prosperity. He pleased God, and God blessed him.

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1 Kings 22:42 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טye.ho.sha.FatJehoshaphatH3092
בֶּן\־ben-[was] a son ofH1121
שְׁלֹשִׁ֨יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
וְחָמֵ֤שׁve.cha.Meshand fiveH2568
שָׁנָה֙sha.Nahyear[s]H8141
בְּמָלְכ֔וֹbe.ma.le.Khowhen became king heH4427
וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםve.'es.Rimand twentyH6242
וְחָמֵשׁ֙ve.cha.Meshand fiveH2568
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
מָלַ֖ךְma.Lakhhe reignedH4427
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
וְשֵׁ֣םve.Shemand [the] name ofH8034
אִמּ֔וֹ'i.Momother hisH517
עֲזוּבָ֖ה'a.zu.Vah[was] AzubahH5806
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323
שִׁלְחִֽי\׃shil.ChiShilhiH7977

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 22:42

  • 2 Kings 1:17

    So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

  • 1 Kings 15:10

    And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Kings 14:21

    And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

  • 2 Kings 8:16

    And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

  • 1 Kings 15:2

    Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thirty and five.
2Ki 1:17; 8:16
And his mother's.
14:21; 15:2,10

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Context

  • 1 Kings 22:41

    And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

  • 1 Kings 22:42

    Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

  • 1 Kings 22:43

    And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

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1 Kings 22:42 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y era Josaphat de treinta y cinco años cuando comenzó á reinar, y reinó veinticinco años en Jerusalem. El nombre de su madre fué Azuba hija de Silai.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Josaphat était âgé de 35 ans, lorsqu’il commença de régner, et il régna 25 ans à Jérusalem; et le nom de sa mère était Azuba, fille de Shilkhi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Josaphat war 35 Jahre alt, als er König wurde, und er regierte 25 Jahre zu Jerusalem; und er Name seiner Mutter war Asuba, die Tochter Schilchis.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Triginta quinque annorum erat cum regnare cœpisset, et viginti quinque annis regnavit in Jerusalem: nomen matris ejus Azuba filia Salai.