מלכים א כ״ב:מ״א-נ״א

וישלם יהושפט עם מלך ישראל. לפי שמלחמה היתה בין אסא אביו ובין בעשא מלך ישראל, הוזקק לומר כן:

Yehoshofot made peace with the king of Yisroel. Since there was war between Asa his father and Basha the king of Yisroel, it was necessary to say this.

ויתר הקדש. נוהגין ניאוף בפרהסיא:

The remainder of the prostitution. Who acted lasciviously in public.

ומלך אין באדום. בימי דוד, הנציב הוא המלך, וכאן נכתב, לפי שבימי יהורם בנו שקלקל, בימיו פשע אדום וימליכו להם מלך, אבל בימי יהושפט עדיין היו כפופין לו

There was no king in Edom. [Beginning with] the time of Dovid, the governor²²I.e., the governor that was appointed by the king of Yehudah.—Radak was the king. This was written here because in the days of Yehorom his son who sinned, in his days Edom rebelled and crowned a king for themselves, but in the time of Yehoshofot they were still subordinate to him.

כי נשברו אניות. לפי שנתחבר עם אחזיהו בזאת, לכך נשברו. וכן אמר לו הנביא בדברי הימים (ב כ לז): בהתחברך עם אחזיהו פרץ ה' את מעשיך:

For they [the ships] were broken. Since he joined Achazyahu in this [undertaking], therefore, they were broken. And so did the prophet say to him in Divrei Hayomim, “Because you have allied yourself with a Achazyahu, Adonoy has wrecked your undertakings.”²³II Divrei Hayomim 20:37.