2 Chronicles 17:19
These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
In Context
18And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand trained for war.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 11:12And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.
2 Chronicles 17:2He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
2 Chronicles 33:14After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 17:11-19
Jehoshaphat's Prosperity. ( b. c. 911.) 10 And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. 11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. 12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. 13 And he had much business in the… Read the whole commentary →