2 Chronicles 17:1–10

Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa

^1aJehoshaphat his son then became king in his place, and made his position over Israel firm.

²He placed troops in all ^athe fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim ^bwhich Asa his father had captured.

His Good Reign

³The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he ¹followed the example of his father David’s earlier days and did not seek the Baals,

⁴but sought the God of his father, ¹followed His commandments, ^aand did not act as Israel did.

⁵So the Lord established the kingdom in his ¹control, and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and ^ahe had great riches and honor.

⁶¹He took great pride in the ways of the Lord and again ^aremoved the high places and the Asherim from Judah.

⁷Then in the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah, ^ato teach in the cities of Judah;

⁸and with them ^athe Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

⁹They taught in Judah, having ^athe book of the law of the Lord with them; and they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.

¹⁰Now ^athe dread of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands which were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.