2 Chronicles 17:12
And Yehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Yehudah fortresses and storage cities.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
In Context
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1 Chronicles 29:25And Hashem magnified Sh'lomo exceedingly in the eyes of all Yisroel, and bestowed upon him such hod malchut (royal majesty) as had not been on any melech before him in Yisroel.
2 Chronicles 8:4And he built Tadmor in the midbar, and all the storage towns, which he built in Chamat.
2 Chronicles 11:5And Rechav'am dwelt in Yerushalayim, and built arim lematzor (cities for defense) in Yehudah.
2 Chronicles 11:12And in all the cities he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Yehudah and Binyamin on his side.
2 Chronicles 18:1Now Yehoshaphat had osher and kavod in abundance, and allied himself with Ach'av.
2 Chronicles 26:10Also he built migdalim in the midbar, and dug borot rabbim (many wells), for he had much livestock, both in the Shefelah (Lowlands), and in the Mishor (Plains, Level Country); ikkarim (field workers, farmers) also, and koremim (vineyard workers, vine-keepers) in the hills, and in the Carmel, for he loved adamah (the soil).
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 →