2 Chronicles 17:1
And Iehosphat his sonne reigned in his steade, and preuailed against Israel.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
In Context
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1 Kings 15:24And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father. And Iehoshaphat his sonne reigned in his steade.
2 Kings 1:17So he dyed according to the worde of the Lord which Eliiah had spoken. And Iehoram began to reigne in his steade, in the seconde yeere of Iehoram the sonne of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, because he had no sonne.
2 Chronicles 12:1And when Rehoboam had established the kingdome and made it strong, hee forsooke the Lawe of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
2 Chronicles 32:5And he tooke courage, and built all the broken wall, and made vp the towers, and another wall without, and repayred Millo in the citie of Dauid, and made many dartes and shields.
Matthew 1:8And Asa begate Iosaphat. And Iosaphat begate Ioram. And Ioram begate Hozias.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 17:1
Here begin the life and reign of Jehoshaphat, who was one of the first three among the royal worthies, one of the best that ever swayed the sceptre of Judah since David's head was laid. He was the good son of a good father, so that, as this time, grace ran in the blood, even in the blood-royal. Happy the son that had such a father, to lay a good foundation in him and for him. Happy the father that had such a son, to build so wall upon the foundation he had laid! Happy the kingdom that was blessed with two such… Read the whole commentary →