2 Chronicles 17:2

He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

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In The King James Version

And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

In Context

1Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.

3Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:5Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.

2 Chronicles 13:19Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.

2 Chronicles 17:19These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 17:2-10

Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa. ( b. c. 914.) 1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 3 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; 4 But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of… Read the whole commentary →

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