WHAT IS
JEHOSHAPHAT
DOING IN THE
HOUSE OF AHAB?
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2 Chronicles 17:1-6, 10-13
God blessed good king
Jehoshaphat with a
standing army of over
one million soldiers!
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2 Chronicles 18:1
With all that God had
done for Jehoshaphat ,
yet he felt he needed to
make an alliance with the
House of Ahab!
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What in the world did
Jehoshaphat do?
His practice of fellowship was his
undoing, as it is today for many
Christians that seek to make
alliances with the devil, by
maintaining fellowship with those
who teach and practice error!
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What in the world did Jehoshaphat do?
He did the right things in the sight
of God, and was loved by God, but
he sought out and made alliances
with the enemies of the Lord!
James 4:4; 2 John 9-11
• Philippians 3:18-19, “enemies of
the Cross”
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Let us consider what happened:
 2 Chronicles 18:1, “by marriage he
allied himself with Ahab.”
 2 Chronicles 18:2-4, “I am as you
are, and my people as your people;
we will be with you in the war.”
“Please inquire for the word of the
Lord today.”
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Let us consider what happened:
 2 Chronicles 18:5-12, “Is there not still
a prophet of the Lord here, that we
may inquire of Him?” “Let not the
king say such things!”
 2 Chronicles 18:13-17, “Did I not tell
you he would not prophesy good
concerning me, but evil.” Why is
Jehoshaphat still sitting there listening
to this?
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Let us consider what happened next:
 2 Chronicles 18:18-24,
“Zedekiah…went near and struck
Micaiah on the cheek, and said ‘which
way did the spirit of the Lord go from
me to speak to you?”
 (And there sits Jehoshaphat watching
all this evil taking place, but what does
he say?)
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Let us consider what happened
next:
 2 Chronicles 18:28-34, “I
will disguise myself and go
into battle; but you put on
your robes.”
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2 Chronicles 19:1-3
“Should you help the
wicked and love those
who hate the Lord?”
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2 Chronicles 21:4-6
“And he walked in the way of
the kings of Israel, just as the
house of Ahab had done, for he
had the daughter of Ahab as a
wife; and he did evil in the
sight of the Lord.”
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2 Chronicles 21:18-20
“He reigned in
Jerusalem eight years
and, to no ones
sorrow, he departed”
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