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2 Chronicles 17:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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 17:2
Verse in Context
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1 Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,
4 but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 17:1
"Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel."
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."
2 Chronicles 17:7
"Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;"
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