Editing Jehoshaphat (section)

==Chronological notes==
[[William F. Albright]] estimated the reign of Jehoshaphat to 873–849 BCE. [[Edwin R. Thiele]] held that he became coregent with his father [[Asa of Judah|Asa]] in  Asa's 39th year, 872/871 BCE, the year Asa was infected with a severe disease in his feet, and then became sole regent when Asa died of the disease in 870/869 BCE, his own death occurring in 848/847 BCE.<ref>Edwin R. Thiele, ''[[The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings]]'' (3rd ed.; Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983) 96, 97, 217.</ref> So Jehoshaphat's dates are taken as one year earlier: co-regency beginning in 873/871, sole reign commencing in 871/870, and death in 849/848 BCE.

The calendars for reckoning the years of kings in Judah and Israel were offset by six months, that of [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]] starting in Tishri (in the fall) and that of [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Israel]] in Nisan (in the spring). Cross-synchronizations between the two kingdoms therefore often allow narrowing of the beginning and/or ending dates of a king to within a six-month range. For Jehoshaphat, the Scriptural data allow the narrowing of the beginning of his sole reign to some time between Tishri 1 of 871 BCE and the day before Nisan 1 of 870 BCE. For calculation purposes, this should be taken as the [[Judean]] year beginning in Tishri of 871/870 BCE. His death occurred at some time between Nisan 1 of 848 BCE and Tishri 1 of that same year.