Divrey Hayamim Bais 17:1

1 7 And Yehoshaphat bno reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Yisroel.

Divrey Hayamim Bais 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.

Divrey Hayamim Bais 17:1 In-Context

1 7 And Yehoshaphat bno reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Yisroel.

2 And he placed troops in all the fortified cities of Yehudah, and set netzivim (garrisons) in Eretz Yehudah, and in the towns of Ephrayim, which Asa Aviv had captured.

3 And Hashem was with Yehoshaphat, because he walked in the darkhei Dovid Aviv harishonim, and sought not unto Ba’alim;

4 But sought Hashem Elohei Aviv, and walked in His mitzvot, and not after the ma’asei Yisroel.

5 Therefore Hashem established the Mamlachah in his yad; and all Yehudah brought to Yehoshaphat minchah; and he had osher and kavod in abundance.