17Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king and strengthened^y himself against Israel. ²He stationed troops in all the fortified cities^z of Judah and put garrisons in Judah and in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.^a

³The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David^b before him. He did not consult the Baals ⁴but sought^c the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel. ⁵The Lord established the kingdom under his control; and all Judah brought gifts^d to Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and honor.^e ⁶His heart was devoted^f to the ways of the Lord; furthermore, he removed the high places^g and the Asherah poles^h from Judah.ⁱ

⁷In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah to teach^j in the towns of Judah. ⁸With them were certain Levites^k—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tob-Adonijah—and the priests Elishama and Jehoram. ⁹They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law^l of the Lord; they went around to all the towns of Judah and taught the people.

¹⁰The fear^m of the Lord fell on all the kingdoms of the lands surrounding Judah, so that they did not go to war against Jehoshaphat.

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Cross references

ySee 1 Ki 2:12
zSee 2 Ch 11:10
a 2 Ch 15:8
bSee 1 Ki 22:43
c 2 Ch 22:9
dSee 1 Sa 10:27
e 2 Ch 18:1
fSee 1 Ki 8:61
gSee 1 Ki 15:14; 2 Ch 19:3; 20:33
hSee Ex 34:13
i 2 Ch 21:12
jSee Lev 10:11; Dt 6:4–9; 2 Ch 19:4–11; 35:3; Ne 8:7; Mal 2:7
k 2 Ch 19:8; Ne 8:7–8; Hos 4:6
lSee Dt 28:61
mSee Ge 35:5; See Dt 2:25