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2 Chronicles 17
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Jehoshaphat King of Judah...
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And Yehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Yisra`el,
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and placed an army in all the walled cities of Yehudah, and set watch-posts in the land of Yehudah and in the cities of Ephrayim which Asa his father had taken.
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And YHWH was with Yehoshaphat, for he walked in the former ways of his father Dawid, and did not seek the Ba'als,
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but sought the Elohim of his father, and walked in His commands and not according to the deeds of Yisra'el.
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So YHWH established the reign in his hand. And all Yehudah gave presents to Yehoshaphat, and he had great riches and esteem.
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And his heart was exalted in the ways of YHWH, and he again removed the high places and the Asherim from Yehudah.
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And in the third year of his reign he sent his leaders, Ben-Hayil, and Obadyah, and Zekaryah, and Nethane'l, and Mikayahu, to teach in the cities of Yehudah.
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And with them he sent Lewites: Shemayahu, and Nethanyahu, and Zebadyahu, and Asah'el, and Shemiramoth, and Yehonathan, and Adoniyahu, and Tobiyahu, and Tobadoniyah, the Lewites, and with them Elishama and Yehoram, the priests.
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And they taught in Yehudah, and with them was the Book of the Torah of YHWH. And they went around into all the cities of Yehudah and taught the people.
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And the fear of YHWH fell on all the reigns of the lands that were around Yehudah, and they did not fight against Yehoshaphat.
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And some of the Philistines brought Yehoshaphat gifts and a load of silver. And the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.
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And Yehoshaphat became increasingly great, and he built palaces and storage cities in Yehudah.
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And he had much work in the cities of Yehudah. And the men of battle, mighty brave men, were in Yerushalayim.
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And these were their numbers, according to their fathers' houses: Of Yehudah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him three hundred thousand mighty brave men;
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and next to him was Yehohanan the commander, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;
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and next to him was Amasyah son of Zikri, who volunteered himself to YHWH, and with him two hundred thousand mighty brave men.
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And of Binyamin: Elyada, a mighty brave one, and with him two hundred thousand men armed with bow and shield;
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and next to him was Yehozabad, and with him one hundred and eighty thousand prepared for battle.
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These were the ones serving the sovereign, besides those whom the sovereign put in the walled cities throughout all Yehudah.
2 Chronicles 17
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