2 Chronicles 17:1

1 Yehoshafat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Yisra'el.

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 Yehoshafat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Yisra'el.

2 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.

3 The LORD was with Yehoshafat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Ba`alim,

4 but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his mitzvot, and not after the doings of Yisra'el.

5 Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand; and all Yehudah brought to Yehoshafat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.