Jehoshaphat is rebuked for his sinful alliance with Ahab. Jehoshaphat administers righteousness in Judah.

• While Jehoshaphat may have had good reasons for his alliance with Ahab it was wrong. Perhaps he was thinking of the “good” it would do now. As you read the following chapters, keep this in mind.
• What is the principle the prophet Jehu brings to bear on Jehoshaphat (v. 2)?what are the purposes of Scriptural admonition (v. 10)?