Jehoshaphat Reigns over Judah

17 ^(A)Jehoshaphat his son then became king in his place, and strengthened himself over Israel. ² And he put military forces in all ^(B)the fortified cities of Judah, and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim ^(C)which Asa his father had captured.

Jehoshaphat’s Kingdom Established

³ And Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the ways of his father David’s earlier days and did not seek the Baals, ⁴ but sought the God of his father, walked in His commandments, ^(D)and did not act as Israel did. ⁵ So Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought presents to Jehoshaphat, and ^(E)he had great riches and honor. ⁶ And ^[a]his heart took great pride in the ways of Yahweh, and again he ^(F)took away the high places and the ^[b]Asherim from Judah.