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Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
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Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,
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but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
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Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.
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His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
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Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
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and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.