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| 17:1 |
His son Jehoshaphat succeeded him, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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| 17:2 |
He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had taken.
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| 17:3 |
The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father; he did not seek the Baals,
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| 17:4 |
but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the ways of Israel.
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| 17:5 |
Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor.
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| 17:6 |
His heart was courageous in the ways of the LORD; and furthermore he removed the high places and the sacred poles from Judah.
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| 17:7 |
In the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
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| 17:8 |
With them were the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; and with these Levites, the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
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| 17:9 |
They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of the LORD with them; they went around through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
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| 17:10 |
The fear of the LORD fell on all the kingdoms of the lands around Judah, and they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.
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| 17:11 |
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 male goats.
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| 17:12 |
Jehoshaphat grew steadily greater. He built fortresses and storage cities in Judah.
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| 17:13 |
He carried out great works in the cities of Judah. He had soldiers, mighty warriors, in Jerusalem.
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| 17:14 |
This was the muster of them by ancestral houses: Of Judah, the commanders of the thousands: Adnah the commander, with three hundred thousand mighty warriors,
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| 17:15 |
and next to him Jehohanan the commander, with two hundred eighty thousand,
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| 17:16 |
and next to him Amasiah son of Zichri, a volunteer for the service of the LORD, with two hundred thousand mighty warriors.
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| 17:17 |
Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty warrior, with two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield,
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| 17:18 |
and next to him Jehozabad with one hundred eighty thousand armed for war.
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| 17:19 |
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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