In Chronicles, the context is completely changed to relate to the southern kingdom of Judah. It is not the purpose of this chapter to account for Ahab’s end; his whole career, in fact, including the prophetic prediction of his death (I Kings 20.42, etc.), is absent from Chronicles. The war with Aram here is not one in a series but a unique event, and the focus of the chapter is on the figure and conduct of Jehoshaphat, which in Kings are unquestionably secondary – in spite of his important role in introducing the ‘prophetic theme’ (I Kings 22.5., 7).
