1 Kings 22:2

2. Came down From Jerusalem to Samaria. From every part of the Holy Land Jerusalem was spoken of as up. Compare the parallel passage in 2 Chronicles 18:0. “This visit,” observes Rawlinson, “indicates an entire change in the relations which we have hitherto found subsisting between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. It is probable that the common danger to which the two kingdoms were exposed from the growing power of Syria had induced them to forget their differences, and, remembering their common origin, to join together in a close alliance.”