1 Kings 22:44

44. Made peace with the king of Israel His son Jehoram married Ahab’s daughter. 2 Kings 8:18. As we have just seen, Jehoshaphat went up with Ahab to battle against Ramoth-gilead. Blunt finds some undesigned coincidences in this history which serve to confirm its veracity. “Thus, Ahab is succeeded by a son Ahaziah (1 Kings 22:40) on the throne of Israel, and Jehoram is also succeeded by a son Ahaziah (the nephew of the other) on the throne of Judah. 2 Chronicles 22:1. Again, Ahaziah, king of Israel, dies, and he is succeeded by a Jehoram; (2 Kings 1:17; 2 Kings 3:1;) but a Jehoram, the brother-in-law of the former, is at the same moment on the throne of Judah, as his father’s colleague. 2 Kings 1:17. However our patience may be put to the proof in disengaging the thread of Israel and Judah at this point of their annals, we have the satisfaction of feeling that the intricacy of the history at such a moment is a very strong argument for the truth of the history. For though no remark is made upon this identity of names, we at once perceive that it may very naturally be referred to the union which is said to have taken place between the houses.”