2 Chronicles 20:35 (DBY)

Passage

And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:33 Only, the high places were not removed; and as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:34 And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:35 And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly.

2 Chronicles 20:36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

2 Chronicles 20:37 And Eliezer the son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah has broken thy works. And the ships were broken, and could not go to Tarshish.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "jehoshaphat", "king", "judah", "joined", "himself", and "ahaziah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "jehoshaphat", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 34's "And the rest of the acts of..." into verse 36's "And he joined himself with him to...", so "after" and "jehoshaphat" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "after" and "jehoshaphat" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.