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Yehoshafat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Yisra'el.
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He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Yehudah, and set garrisons in the land of Yehudah, and in the cities of Efrayim, which Asa his father had taken.
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The LORD was with Yehoshafat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Ba`alim,
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but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his mitzvot, and not after the doings of Yisra'el.
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Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand; and all Yehudah brought to Yehoshafat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.
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His heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Yehudah.
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Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-Hayil, and `Ovadyah, and Zekharyah, and Netan'el, and Mikhayahu, to teach in the cities of Yehudah;
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and with them the Levites, even Shemayah, and Netanyah, and Zevadyah, and `Asa'el, and Shemiramot, and Yehonatan, and Adoniyahu, and Toviyah, and Tov-Adoniyah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Yehoram, the Kohanim.
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They taught in Yehudah, having the book of the law of the LORD with them; and they went about throughout all the cities of Yehudah, and taught among the people.