Beyond Today Bible Commentary: 2 Kings

Generally speaking, Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, walked in the way of God. But he did not do all that he should have, as he did not remove all the high places from Judah (2 Chronicles 20:33). Yet it should be noted, as mentioned previously in the Beyond Today Bible Commentary, that this was a common oversight attributed to most of Judah's righteous kings, and is perhaps equally if not more due to a lack of wholeheartedness in obeying God on the part of the nation. A more apparent weakness of Jehoshaphat can be seen in the compromising nature of his allying himself with evil rulers, a fault that became evident again near the end of his life when he allied himself with Israel's wicked King Ahaziah, son of Ahab (1 Kings 22:51-53). But their joint ventures would not prosper, since God does not generally bless such dealings (compare 2 Chronicles 20:35-37).