Text: 2 Chronicles 17:1-21
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 22:1-34
Subject: Rule of Jehoshaphat
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The Chronicler's account of Jehoshaphat's reign (2 Chr 17) substantially expands the brief 1 Kings 22 narrative by adding unique material about Jehoshaphat's Torah-teaching mission, sending officials and Levites throughout Judah with the "Book of the Law of the LORD" (sefer torat YHWH). While 1 Kings 22 focuses primarily on the ill-fated alliance with Ahab at Ramoth-gilead, the Chronicler first establishes Jehoshaphat's faithfulness and its reward—regional peace and tribute from surrounding nations—before narrating the Ahab alliance. This literary structure presents Jehoshaphat's foreign entanglement as a lapse from an otherwise exemplary reign.