44. Jehoshaphat made a peace agreement with the king of Israel.
45. Jehoshaphat was very brave and fought many wars. The rest of what he did is written in the book, The History of the Kings of Judah.
46. Jehoshaphat forced all the men and women who sold their bodies for sex to leave the places of worship. They had served in these places of worship while his father Asa was king.
47. In those days Edom did not have a king; it was ruled by a governor who was chosen by the king of Judah.
48. King Jehoshaphat built some cargo ships. He wanted the ships to sail to Ophir for gold, but they never went there—they were destroyed in their home port at Ezion Geber.
49. Then King Ahaziah of Israel offered to put some of his own sailors with Jehoshaphat’s men on the ships, but Jehoshaphat refused to accept his help.