2 Chronicles 17:5
Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdome in his hande, and all Iudah brought presents to Iehoshaphat, so that he had of riches and honour in abundance.
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Genesis 26:13And the man waxed mightie, and stil increased, till he was exceeding great,
1 Samuel 10:27But the wicked men saide, Howe shall hee saue vs? So they despised him, and brought him no presents: but he held his tongue.
1 Kings 4:21And Salomon reigned ouer all kingdomes, from the Riuer vnto the lande of the Philistims, and vnto the border of Egypt, and they brought presents, and serued Salomon all the dayes of his life.
1 Kings 10:25And they brought euery man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde, and raiment, and armour, and sweete odours, horses and mules, from yeere to yeere.
2 Chronicles 1:15And the King gaue siluer and gold at Ierusalem as stones, and gaue cedar trees as the wilde figge trees, that are abundantly in the playne.
2 Chronicles 18:1And Iehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, but he was ioyned in affinitie 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 →