JOSAPHAT Jehoshaphat was in close alliance with the kings of Israel, but stilla true worshipper of Jehovah. BD Jehoshaphat (1) King of Judah, in closealliance with kings of Israel, but still a t rue worshipper of Jehovah and a religious reformer;r JEHOSHAPHAT Jehovah-judged. 5. The son and successor of Asa, king of Judah.After fortifying his kin gdom against Israel (2 Chronicles 17:1,2), he set himself to cleanse the land of idolatry (1 Kings 22:43). In the third year of his reign he sen t out p 3. King of Judah Succeeds Asa -- 1 Kings 15:24; 22:41; 1 Chronicles 3:10; 2 Chronicles 1 7:1; Matthew 1:8 Strengthens himself against Israel -- 2 Chronicles 17:2 Inaugurates a system of public instruction in the law -- 2 Chronicles17 :7-9 His wise JEHOSH?אשAPHAT (whom Jehovah judges. ) 1. King of Judah, son of Asa, succeeded to the throne B.C. 914, when he was 35 years old, and reigned 25 years. Hishistory is to be found among the events recorded in (1 Kings 15:24; 2 Kings 8: