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2Ch 21:12 — And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

Relates to the Entire Verse.	A. M. 3116. B.C. 888.
a writing	"""Which was writ before his assumption."" 2Ki 2:1; Jer 36:2,23,28-32; Eze 2:9,10; Dan 5:5,25-29"
Elijah the prophet	If the account of the translation of Elijah be given in the order in which it happened, then it occurred in the reign of Jehoshaphat, the father of Jehoram. Hence, it is probable that he wrote it before his assumption, and left it to be delivered by Elisha or one of the prophets. 2Ki 2:11
in the ways of Jehoshaphat	2Ch 17:3,4; 1Ki 22:43
in the ways of Asa	2Ch 14:2-5; 1Ki 15:11