1. For the next three years there was peace between Israel and Syria.
2. During the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel.
3. Ahab asked his officials, “Why haven't we tried to get Ramoth in Gilead back from the Syrians? It belongs to us.”
4. Then he asked Jehoshaphat, “Would you go to Ramoth with me and attack the Syrians?”“Just tell me what to do,” Jehoshaphat answered. “My army and horses are at your command.
5. But first, let's ask the Lord.”
6. Ahab sent for about four hundred prophets and asked, “Should I attack the Syrians at Ramoth?”“Yes!” the prophets answered. “The Lord will help you defeat them.”
43-46. Jehoshaphat obeyed the Lord, just as his father Asa had done, and during his rule he was at peace with the king of Israel.He got rid of the rest of the prostitutes from the local shrines, but he did not destroy the shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.Everything else Jehoshaphat did while he was king, including his brave deeds and military victories, is written in The History of the Kings of Judah.