| 17 | 2 Chronicles | ||
| 1 | Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. | JEHOSHAPHAT king of Judah. 2Chr.17.1-9 | |
| 2 | He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken. | ||
| 3 | Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father; he did not seek the Baals, | ||
| 4 | but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the ways of Israel. | ||
| 5 | Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat; and he had great riches and honour. | ||
| 6 | His heart was courageous in the ways of Yahweh; and furthermore he took the high places and the Asherim out of Judah. | ||
| 7 | In the third year of his reign he sent his princes, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah; | ||
| 8 | and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah; and with these Levites, the priests Elishama and Jehoram. | ||
| 9 | And they taught in Judah, having the book of the law of Yahweh with them; they went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people. | ||
| 10 | And the fear of Yahweh fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat. | Jehoshephat's greatness. 2Chr.17.10-19 | |
| 11 | Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; and the Arabs also brought him seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred he-goats. | ||
| 12 | And Jehoshaphat grew steadily greater. He built in Judah fortresses and store-cities, | ||
| 13 | and he had great stores in the cities of Judah. He had soldiers, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. | ||
| 14 | This was the muster of them by fathers' houses: Of Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, with three hundred thousand mighty men of valor, | ||
| 15 | and next to him Jehohanan the commander, with two hundred and eighty thousand, | ||
| 16 | and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, a volunteer for the service of Yahweh, with two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. | ||
| 17 | Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with two hundred thousand men armed with bow and shield, | ||
| 18 | and next to him Jehozabad with a hundred and eighty thousand armed for war. | ||
| 19 | These were in the service of the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah. | ||
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