2 Chronicles 17:1-6

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.
6 His heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord; and furthermore he removed the high places and the sacred poles from Judah.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Another reading is [his father David]
  • [b]. Heb [Asherim]
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