Jehoshaphat

Jehoshaphat was the fourth king of Judah, reigning around 870–848 BC, and is remembered as one of the most godly rulers in the southern kingdom. He instituted a nationwide program of religious education, sending officials and Levites throughout Judah to teach from the Book of the Law (2 Chronicles 17:7–9). When a vast coalition of Moabites and Ammonites invaded, he called a national fast and led worship, and the enemy forces inexplicably destroyed one another (2 Chronicles 20). He established a judicial system throughout the land and charged judges to act with integrity because they were judging for God rather than man (2 Chronicles 19:5–7). His reign was marred by an ill-advised alliance with the wicked northern king Ahab, whose daughter Athaliah he allowed his son Jehoram to marry.