Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah
(1 Kings 15:23–24)
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel. 1Ki 15:242Ch 32:5Eph 6:10Mat 1:81Ch 11:101Ki 22:411Sa 23:162Ch 12:1 He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured. 2Ch 15:82Ch 11:11-122Ch 11:5
Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways 1of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals, 2Ki 22:2Isa 41:102Ti 4:22Gen 39:2-3Gen 39:21Jdg 6:12Jos 1:9Mat 28:20 but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel. 1Ki 12:281Th 2:12Luk 1:61Th 4:12Ki 17:192Ki 8:18Hos 4:151Ki 12:30 So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor. 2Ch 18:1Mat 6:33Mat 2:11Psa 127:1Job 42:121Pe 5:101Sa 10:272Ch 32:23 And his heart took delight 2in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah. Hos 14:92Ch 15:172Ch 20:33Psa 119:11Ki 22:432Ch 19:32Ch 34:3-7Psa 138:5
In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah, 2Ch 35:3Ecc 12:9-102Ch 15:3Neh 8:7-82Ch 30:22Act 1:1Ecc 1:12Luk 4:43-44 accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram. 2Ch 19:8Ezr 7:1-6Mal 2:7 They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people. Jhn 5:46Rom 3:21Pe 4:112Ch 35:3Act 13:15Act 15:21Act 28:23Act 8:40
And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat. 2Ch 14:142Ch 16:9Exo 15:14-16Exo 34:24Pro 16:7Gen 35:5Jos 2:9-11 Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks. 2Ch 26:82Ch 9:142Sa 8:22Ch 17:52Ki 3:4
Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah 2Ch 14:6-72Ch 18:12Ch 27:42Ch 32:27-292Ch 32:52Ch 8:2-62Ch 26:6-91Ch 29:25 and kept vast supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had warriors in Jerusalem who were mighty men of valor. 1Ch 27:25-312Ch 26:10-15 These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: 2Ch 11:12Ch 13:32Ch 14:82Ch 26:13Gen 12:2Gen 13:16Gen 15:5Num 1:18
From Judah, the commanders of thousands:
Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;
next to him, Jehohanan the commander, and with him 280,000;
and next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer for the LORD, and with him 200,000 mighty men of valor. Jdg 5:91Ch 29:9Jdg 5:21Ch 29:141Ch 29:172Co 8:122Co 8:3-5Psa 110:3
From Benjamin: 2Ch 14:82Sa 1:21-22
Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
and next to him, Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 armed for battle.
These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah. 2Ch 17:22Ch 11:122Ch 11:232Ch 17:12