2 Chronicles 17:1–10

And ^aJehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. ²And he placed forces in all ^bthe fenced cities of Judah, and set ^cgarrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, ^dwhich Asa his father had taken. ³And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways ^||of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; ⁴But ^esought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after ^fthe doings of Israel. ⁵Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah ^†brought to Jehoshaphat ^gpresents; and ^hhe had riches and honour in abundance. ^6*And his heart ^||was lifted up in the ways of the Lord: moreover he took away ⁱthe high places and ^jgroves out of Judah. ^7*Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. ⁸And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, ^kLevites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, ^kpriests. ⁹And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

¹⁰And ^lthe fear of the Lord ^†fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.