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Jehoshaphat took for his son Jehoram to wife the daughter of Ahab,
the king of the ten tribes, whose name was Athaliah. And when, after some
time, he went to Samaria, Ahab received him courteously, and treated the
army that followed him in a splendid manner, with great plenty of corn
and wine, and of slain beasts; and desired that he would join with him
in his war against the king of Syria, that he might recover from him the
city Ramoth, in Gilead; for though it had belonged to his father, yet had
the king of Syria's father taken it away from him; and upon Jehoshaphat's
promise to afford him his assistance, (for indeed his army was not inferior
to the other,) and his sending for his army from Jerusalem to Samaria,
the two kings went out of the city, and each of them sat on his own throne,
and each gave their orders to their several armies. Now Jehoshaphat bid
them call some of the prophets, if there were any there, and inquire of
them concerning this expedition against the king of Syria, whether they
would give them counsel to make that expedition at this time, for there
was peace at that time between Ahab and the king of Syria, which had lasted
three years, from the time he had taken him captive till that day.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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