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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. Adonai was with Y’hoshafat, because he lived according to the first ways of his ancestor David, not seeking the ba‘alim, but seeking the God of his father and living by his mitzvot, not by what Isra’el did.

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He stationed troops in all the fortified cities(A) of Judah and put garrisons in Judah and in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.(B)

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David(C) before him. He did not consult the Baals but sought(D) the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel.

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