2 Chronicles 17:1

1 His son Jehoshaphat succeeded him, and 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 His son Jehoshaphat succeeded him, 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 that his father Asa had taken.

3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father; he did not seek the Baals,

4 but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the ways of Israel.

5 Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor.