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2 Chronicles 17:1-3
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2 Chronicles 17:1-3
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Jehoshaphat King of Judah
17 Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king and strengthened(A) himself against Israel. 2 He stationed troops in all the fortified cities(B) of Judah and put garrisons in Judah and in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.(C)
3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David(D) before him. He did not consult the Baals
2 Chronicles 17:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Chronicles 17:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Jehoshaphat’s Reign
17 Jehosh′aphat his son reigned in his stead, 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 E′phraim which Asa his father had taken. 3 The Lord was with Jehosh′aphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father;[a] he did not seek the Ba′als,
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- 2 Chronicles 17:3 Another reading is his father David
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