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Kings
Kings (kîngz), books of the OLD TESTAMENT, called First and Second Kings
in the Authorized Version, where they occupy 11th and 12th place. They
continue the history of 1 and 2 SAMUEL from the death of DAVID to the
destruction of the southern kingdom of JUDAH (i.e., from 1000 to 560
B.C.). They include the reign of SOLOMON (1 Kings 1-11); a parallel
account of the two Hebrew kingdoms (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17), including the
stories of the house of AHAB and the prophets ELIJAH and ELISHA; and the
end of the southern kingdom (2 Kings 18-25).
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Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat (jêhòsh´efàt), Josaphat, or Joshaphat, king of Judah
(c.873-849 B.C.), son and successor of King Asa. He was an ally of King
AHAB of Israel and his successors and was the first king of Judah to make
a treaty with the kingdom of Israel. The Valley of Jehoshaphat, mentioned
in Joel as a place of judgment, has been identified by tradition with the
northern extension of the vale of Kidron to the east of JERUSALEM.
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