2 Chronicles 17:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of E′phraim which Asa his father had taken. 3 The Lord was with Jehosh′aphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father;[a] he did not seek the Ba′als, 4 but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the ways of Israel.
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- 2 Chronicles 17:3 Another reading is his father David
2 Chronicles 17:2-4
New International Version
2 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)
3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David(C) before him. He did not consult the Baals 4 but sought(D) the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel.
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