Jeroboam, twenty-two years, Nadab, two years, Baasha, twenty-four years, Elah, two years, Omri, twelve years, Ahab, twenty-two years, Ahaziah, two years, Jehoram, twelve years, Jehu, twenty-eight years, Jehoahaz, seventeen years, Joash, sixteen years, Jeroboam II., forty-one years, Zachariah and Shallum, one years, Menahem, ten years, Pekahiah, two years, Pekah, twenty years, Hoshea, nine years. The foregoing epitome of Jewish history, gleaned from 1 and 2 Kings, is presented in order that the reader may the more readily understand the following solutions (based upon statements that appear in these books) to the question that forms the topic of this chapter--When did Jehoshaphat die? Jehoshaphat is represented as one of Judah's best and greatest kings. He did "that which was right in the eyes of the Lord." "The Lord was with Jehoshaphat." "And Jehoshaphat waxed great." "And he had riches and honor in abundance." He died at the age of sixty, after a reign of twenty-five years. Ahaziah, king of Israel, is represented as a very wicked king. "He did evil in the sight of the Lord." "For he served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger the Lord." Elijah prophesied his early death, which came after a brief reign of two years. The last chapter of the first book of Kings chronicles the reign and death of Judah's king, Jehoshaphat; the first chapter of the second book of Kings records the reign and death of Israel's king, Ahaziah. Now when did Jehoshaphat die? Did he die before or after Ahaziah died? 1. "And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah" (1 Kings xv, 9). As Jeroboam reigned twenty-two years, he reigned two years after Asa became king. From the commencement of Asa's reign, then, to the death of Ahaziah, the reigns of Israel's kings were as follows: Jeroboam 2 years, Nadab 2 years, Baasha 24 years, Elah 2 years, Omri 12 years, Ahab 22 years, and Ahaziah 2 years. 2 years + 2 years + 24 years + 2 years + 12 years + 22 years + 2 years = 66 years. As Asa reigned forty-one years and Jehoshaphat reigned twenty-five years, from the commencement of Asa's reign to the death of Jehoshaphat was 41 years + 25 years = 66 years.