2 Chronicles 17:1-3

Complete Jewish Bible

17 Then Y’hoshafat his son became king in his place. He strengthened his position against Isra’el ² by placing forces in all the fortified cities of Y’hudah, and by garrisoning troops in the territory of Y’hudah and in the cities of Efrayim that Asa his father had captured. ³ Adonai was with Y’hoshafat, because he lived according to the first ways of his ancestor David, not seeking the ba‘alim,