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2 Chronicles 17:8-10
New Catholic Bible
2 Chronicles 17:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 [a]With them he also sent the Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, and Tobijah. Accompanying those Levites were the priests Elishama and Jehoram. 9 They taught in Judah, having with them the book of the law of the Lord. They traveled through all the cities of Judah, instructing the people.
10 The Power of Jehoshaphat. The fear of the Lord seized all the kingdoms of the countries surrounding Judah, and as a result, they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.
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- 2 Chronicles 17:8 Jehoshaphat was disturbed by the people’s lack of knowledge about God, and he made it a priority to send learned men throughout Judah to educate them in the ways of the Lord.
