2 Chronicles 17
Jehoshaphat Rules in Judah 1Then Jehoshaphat, Asa’s son, became the next king. He strengthened Judah to stand against any attack from Israel. 2He stationed troops in all the fortified towns of Judah, and he assigned additional garrisons to the land of Judah and to the towns of Ephraim that his father, Asa, had captured.
3The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father’s early years
7In the third year of his reign Jehoshaphat sent his officials to teach in all the towns of Judah. These officials included Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah. 8He sent Levites along with them, including Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah. He also sent out the priests Elishama and Jehoram. 9They took copies of the Book of the Law of the LORD and traveled around through all the towns of Judah, teaching the people.
10Then the fear of the LORD fell over all the surrounding kingdoms so that none of them wanted to declare war on Jehoshaphat. 11Some of the Philistines brought him gifts and silver as tribute, and the Arabs brought 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats.
12So Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful and built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.
13He stored numerous supplies in Judah’s towns and stationed an army of seasoned troops at Jerusalem.
14His army was enrolled according to ancestral clans.From Judah there were 300,000 troops organized in units of 1,000, under the command of Adnah.
15Next in command was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 troops.
16Next was Amasiah son of Zicri, who volunteered for the LORD’s service, with 200,000 troops under his command.
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19These were the troops stationed in Jerusalem to serve the king, besides those Jehoshaphat stationed in the fortified towns throughout Judah.