God's New Revelations

The Second Book of the Chronicles

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- Chapter 17 -

(1 Kings 15:23–24)
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Then Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became the king of Judah, and he enabled his army to become very strong, with the result that they could resist attacks from the army of Israel.
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He put soldiers in all the cities in Judah around which they had built walls, and he put soldiers in other places in Judah and in the towns in the tribe of Ephraim that soldiers of his father Asa had captured.
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Yahweh helped Jehoshaphat because in his earlier years, when he first began his rule, he did the things that pleased Yahweh just as his ancestor King David had done. Jehoshaphat did not worship Baal.
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Instead, he sought advice from the God whom his father had worshiped, and he obeyed God’s commands and he did not do the evil things that the kings of Israel kept doing.
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Yahweh enabled him to completely control his kingdom. All the people of Judah brought gifts to him, with the result that he became very rich and was greatly honored.
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He was completely devoted to doing what pleased Yahweh. His workers got rid of the places on hilltops where idols were worshiped and the places where poles were set up and used to worship the goddess Asherah all throughout Judah.
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When he had been ruling Judah for almost three years, he sent some of his officials, Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach the people in various cities in Judah.
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With them he sent several descendants of Levi, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah, along with two priests, Elishama and Jehoram.
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They took with them a scroll on which was written the laws of Yahweh and they taught them to the people in all the towns throughout Judah.
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The people in all the kingdoms surrounding Judah became very afraid of what Yahweh might do to punish them if they fought against Judah, so they did not try to fight Jehoshaphat’s army.
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Some people from Philistia brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, and they also brought to him the silver that he demanded that they pay to him. Some Arabs brought to him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats.
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Jehoshaphat continued to become more powerful. His workers built forts and places to store supplies in various towns in Judah.
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Then they put large amounts of supplies in those storehouses. Jehoshaphat also placed in Jerusalem soldiers who were experienced.
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The leaders and numbers from each tribe were as follows: From the tribe of Judah, Adnah was the leader of the soldiers, and he commanded 300,000 soldiers.
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His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers.
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Next was Zicri’s son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 courageous soldiers.
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From the tribe of Benjamin, Eliada, who was a brave soldier, was the leader of the soldiers; he commanded 200,000 men who had bows, arrows, and shields.
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Next was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 men who had weapons for fighting battles.
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Those were the soldiers who served the king in Jerusalem, in addition to the men whom the king had placed in the other cities in Judah that had walls around them.
(1 Kings 15:23–24)
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Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, 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 Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
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The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,
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but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.
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Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.
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His heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah.
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Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
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and with them Levites, even Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
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They taught in Judah, having the book of the LORD’s law with them. They went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
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The fear of the LORD fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
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Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute. The Arabians also brought him flocks: seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.
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Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah.
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He had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.
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This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: From Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor;
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and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;
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and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to the LORD, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
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From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
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and next to him Jehozabad, and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready and prepared for war.
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These were those who waited on the king, in addition to those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.