2 Chronicles 17:5
So the Lord made Jehoshaphat's hold on the kingdom secure, and all the people of Judah paid their dues to him. As a result he became very wealthy and highly honored.
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Genesis 26:13He became a rich man, and his wealth steadily increased until he was very rich.
1 Samuel 10:27But some obnoxious men asked, “How could this man save us?” They hated him and didn't bring him any gifts; but Saul did not retaliate.
1 Kings 4:21Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, right up to the border of Egypt. They presented tribute to Solomon and served him during his lifetime.
1 Kings 10:25Year after year, every visitor would bring gifts—articles of silver and gold, clothes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
2 Chronicles 1:15The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.
2 Chronicles 18:1Now Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and highly honored, and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab.
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 →