2Chronicles:17
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Jehosh '
aphat his son reigned in his stead ,
and strengthened himself against Israel .
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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 .
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The LORD was with Jehosh '
aphat ,
because he walked in the earlier ways of his father ;
he did not seek the Ba '
als ,
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but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments ,
and not according to the ways of Israel .
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Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand ;
and all Judah brought tribute to Jehosh '
aphat ;
and he had great riches and honor .
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His heart was courageous in the ways of the LORD ;
and furthermore he took the high places and the Ashe '
rim out of Judah .
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In the third year of his reign he sent his princes ,
Ben-hail ,
Obadi '
ah ,
Zechari '
ah ,
Nethan '
el ,
and Micai '
ah ,
to teach in the cities of Judah ;
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and with them the Levites ,
Shemai '
ah ,
Nethani '
ah ,
Zebadi '
ah ,
As '
ahel ,
Shemi '
ramoth ,
Jehon '
athan ,
Adoni '
jah ,
Tobi '
jah ,
and Tobadoni '
jah ;
and with these Levites ,
the priests Eli '
shama and Jeho '
ram .
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And they taught in Judah ,
having the book of the law of the LORD with them ;
they went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people .
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And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah ,
and they made no war against Jehosh '
aphat .
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Some of the Philistines brought Jehosh '
aphat presents ,
and silver for tribute ;
and the Arabs also brought him seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred he-goats .
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And Jehosh '
aphat grew steadily greater .
He built in Judah fortresses and store-cities ,
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and he had great stores in the cities of Judah .
He had soldiers ,
mighty men of valor ,
in Jerusalem .
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This was the muster of them by fathers '
houses :
Of Judah ,
the commanders of thousands :
Adnah the commander ,
with three hundred thousand mighty men of valor ,
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and next to him Jehoha '
nan the commander ,
with two hundred and eighty thousand ,
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and next to him Amasi '
ah the son of Zichri ,
a volunteer for the service of the LORD ,
with two hundred thousand mighty men of valor .
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Of Benjamin :
Eli '
ada ,
a mighty man of valor ,
with two hundred thousand men armed with bow and shield ,
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and next to him Jeho '
zabad with a hundred and eighty thousand armed for war .
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These were in the service of the king ,
besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah .
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