And he put garrisons in all the strong cities of Judah, and set bands in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the [a]first ways of his father David, and sought not [b]Baalim,

But sought the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandment, and not after the [c]trade of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 17:3 That is, his virtues: meaning before he had committed with Bathsheba, and against Uriah.
  2. 2 Chronicles 17:3 Sought not help at strange Gods.
  3. 2 Chronicles 17:4 Hebrew, work.

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