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2 Chronicles 17:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand; "
2 Chronicles 17:15
Verse in Context
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13 He had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.
14 This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: From Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor;
15 and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;
16 and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to the LORD, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
17 From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
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2 Chronicles 17:1
"Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel."
2 Chronicles 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, which Asa his father had taken."
2 Chronicles 17:3
"The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,"
2 Chronicles 17:4
"but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel."
2 Chronicles 17:5
"Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance."
2 Chronicles 17:6
"His heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah."
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