2 Chronicles 17:2

וַיִּתֶּן ־ חַיִל בְּכָל ־ עָרֵי יְהוּדָה הַבְּצֻרוֹת וַיִּתֵּן נְצִיבִים בְּאֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה וּבְעָרֵי אֶפְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר לָכַד אָסָא אָבִֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1וַיִּמְלֹךְ יְהוֹשָׁפָט בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו וַיִּתְחַזֵּק עַל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

3וַיְהִי יְהוָה עִם ־ יְהוֹשָׁפָט כִּי הָלַךְ בְּדַרְכֵי דָּוִיד אָבִיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְלֹא דָרַשׁ לַבְּעָלִֽים ׃

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:5וַיֵּשֶׁב רְחַבְעָם בִּירוּשָׁלִָם וַיִּבֶן עָרִים לְמָצוֹר בִּיהוּדָֽה ׃

2 Chronicles 13:19וַיִּרְדֹּף אֲבִיָּה אַחֲרֵי יָרָבְעָם וַיִּלְכֹּד מִמֶּנּוּ עָרִים אֶת ־ בֵּֽית ־ אֵל וְאֶת ־ בְּנוֹתֶיהָ וְאֶת ־ יְשָׁנָה וְאֶת ־ בְּנוֹתֶיהָ וְאֶת ־ עפרון וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ ׃

2 Chronicles 17:19אֵלֶּה הַמְשָׁרְתִים אֶת ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ מִלְּבַד אֲשֶׁר ־ נָתַן הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּעָרֵי הַמִּבְצָר בְּכָל ־ יְהוּדָֽה ׃ פ

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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