2 Chronicles 17:1

Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah

1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.

2 Chronicles 17:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 17:1

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead
In the stead of Asa his father:

and strengthened himself against Israel;
the ten tribes, by fortifying his cities, building castles, raising and keeping a large standing army, as the latter part of this chapter shows, and the next verse.

2 Chronicles 17:1 In-Context

1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.

2 And he put troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had taken.

3 And Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of David his father and did not seek after the Baals,

4 but he sought after the God of his ancestors and walked in his commandments and not according to the works of Israel.

5 So Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah gave tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had much wealth and honor.