2 Chronicles 17:5

And the Lord prospered the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave gifts to Jehoshaphat; and he had great wealth and glory.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

In Context

4but he sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in the commandments of his father, and not according to the works of Israel.

6And his heart was exalted in the way of the Lord; and he removed the high places and the groves from the land of Judah.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:13And the man was exalted, and advancing he increased, till he became very great.

1 Samuel 10:27But evil men said, Who is this man that shall save us? and they despised him, and brought him no gifts.

1 Kings 10:25And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment, and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

2 Chronicles 1:15And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem to be as stones, and cedars in Judea as sycamores in the plain for multitude.

2 Chronicles 18:1And Jehoshaphat had yet great wealth and glory, and he connected himself by marriage with the house of 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 →

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