Some time later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who was very wicked.

此后，犹大王约沙法与以色列王亚哈谢交好；亚哈谢行恶太甚。

此后，犹大王约沙法与以色列王亚哈谢结盟；亚哈谢多行恶事。

此后，犹大王约沙法与以色列王亚哈谢结盟；亚哈谢多行恶事。

后来，犹大王约沙法与作恶多端的以色列王亚哈谢修好。

后来，犹大王约沙法和作恶多端的以色列王亚哈谢结盟。

此後，猶大王約沙法與以色列王亞哈謝交好；亞哈謝行惡太甚。

此後，猶大王約沙法與以色列王亞哈謝結盟；亞哈謝多行惡事。

此後，猶大王約沙法與以色列王亞哈謝結盟；亞哈謝多行惡事。

後來，猶大王約沙法與作惡多端的以色列王亞哈謝修好。

後來，猶大王約沙法和作惡多端的以色列王亞哈謝結盟。

此後猶大王約沙法同以色列王亞哈謝聯盟；但亞哈謝卻大行其惡。

此後、猶大王約沙法、與以色列王亞哈謝聯盟、亞哈謝行惡特甚、

以色列王亞哈謝不道、猶大王約沙法與之要約、

此後猶大王約沙法與以色列王亞哈謝納交、亞哈謝行惡特甚、

Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, whose ways were wicked.

Jehoshaphat king of Judah and Ahaziah king of Israel agreed to be friends. Ahaziah did what was evil.

After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

After this, Judah’s King Jehoshaphat made an alliance with Israel’s King Ahaziah, who was guilty of wrongdoing.

After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing.

After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted very wickedly.

And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:

After this, Judah’s King Jehoshaphat made an alliance with Israel’s King Ahaziah, who was guilty of wrongdoing.

And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

Later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did evil.

After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly.

Jehoshaphat also built a fleet of trading ships to sail to Ophir for gold. But the ships never set sail, for they met with disaster in their home port of Ezion geber.At one time Ahaziah son of Ahab had proposed to Jehoshaphat,“ Let my men sail with your men in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat refused the request.

One day Israel’s new king, Ahaziah, fell through the latticework of an upper room at his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. So he sent messengers to the temple of Baal zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether he would recover.But the angel of the Lord told Elijah, who was from Tishbe,“ Go and confront the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them,‘ Is there no God in Israel? Why are you going to Baal zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will recover?Now, therefore, this is what the Lord says: You will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.’” So Elijah went to deliver the message.When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them,“ Why have you returned so soon?”They replied,“ A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message.‘ This is what the Lord says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.’”“ What sort of man was he?” the king demanded.“ What did he look like?”They replied,“ He was a hairy man, and he wore a leather belt around his waist.”“ Elijah from Tishbe!” the king exclaimed.Then he sent an army captain with fifty soldiers to arrest him. They found him sitting on top of a hill. The captain said to him,“ Man of God, the king has commanded you to come down with us.”But Elijah replied to the captain,“ If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and destroy you and your fifty men!” Then fire fell from heaven and killed them all.So the king sent another captain with fifty men. The captain said to him,“ Man of God, the king demands that you come down at once.”Elijah replied,“ If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and destroy you and your fifty men!” And again the fire of God fell from heaven and killed them all.Once more the king sent a third captain with fifty men. But this time the captain went up the hill and fell to his knees before Elijah. He pleaded with him,“ O man of God, please spare my life and the lives of these, your fifty servants.See how the fire from heaven came down and destroyed the first two groups. But now please spare my life!”Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah,“ Go down with him, and don’t be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went with him to the king.And Elijah said to the king,“ This is what the Lord says: Why did you send messengers to Baal zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Is there no God in Israel to answer your question? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.”