2 Chronicles 17:1

Jehoshaphat rules Judah

1 Asa's son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king. Jehoshaphat strengthened his position 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 Asa's son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king. Jehoshaphat strengthened his position against Israel

2 by stationing troops in the fortified cities of Judah and placing soldiers throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the earlier ways of his father by not seeking Baal.

4 Instead, he sought the God of his father, and unlike Israel, he followed God's commandments.

5 The LORD gave him firm control over the kingdom, and all Judah brought Jehoshaphat tribute, so that he had abundant riches and honor.