The high places were not taken away, he made peace with the king of Israel, he approved of a political marriage, and he made an alliance with wicked King Ahaziah. The alliance made between the two kings was near the end of Jehoshaphat's reign. But he blindly went ahead with yet another alliance. This king ended up with broken ships, and we risk ship- wreck if we will not listen to what God is trying to tell us. He provoked the Lord to anger.
Christening is the ceremony of baptizing and naming a child.
Most of the kings of Israel and Judah were christened with names of the Lord, but they did not come to faith by this. One must come by faith in Christ alone to get into heaven. Ahaziah did evil in the sight of the Lord, walking after both his parents. His mother was the wicked Queen Jezebel. Mothers have great influ- ence on the moral characters of their children.