Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel. 1Ki 15:242Ch 32:5Eph 6:10Mat 1:81Ch 11:101Ki 22:411Sa 23:162Ch 12:1 He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 2Ch 15:82Ch 11:11-122Ch 11:5 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals, 2Ki 22:2Isa 41:102Ti 4:22Gen 39:2-3Gen 39:21Jdg 6:12Jos 1:9Mat 28:20 but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel. 1Ki 12:281Th 2:12Luk 1:61Th 4:12Ki 17:192Ki 8:18Hos 4:151Ki 12:30 Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance. 2Ch 18:1Mat 6:33Mat 2:11Psa 127:1Job 42:121Pe 5:101Sa 10:272Ch 32:23 His heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah. Hos 14:92Ch 15:172Ch 20:33Psa 119:11Ki 22:432Ch 19:32Ch 34:3-7Psa 138:5
Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even 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 and with them Levites, even Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. 2Ch 19:8Ezr 7:1-6Mal 2:7 They taught in Judah, having the book of the LORD’s law with them. They went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people. Jhn 5:46Rom 3:21Pe 4:112Ch 35:3Act 13:15Act 15:21Act 28:23Act 8:40
The fear of the LORD fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. 2Ch 14:142Ch 16:9Exo 15:14-16Exo 34:24Pro 16:7Gen 35:5Jos 2:9-11 Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute. The Arabians also brought him flocks: seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats. 2Ch 26:82Ch 9:142Sa 8:22Ch 17:52Ki 3:4 Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; 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 He had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. 1Ch 27:25-312Ch 26:10-15 This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: From Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor; 2Ch 11:12Ch 13:32Ch 14:82Ch 26:13Gen 12:2Gen 13:16Gen 15:5Num 1:18 and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand; and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to the LORD, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. Jdg 5:91Ch 29:9Jdg 5:21Ch 29:141Ch 29:172Co 8:122Co 8:3-5Psa 110:3 From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; 2Ch 14:82Sa 1:21-22 and next to him Jehozabad, and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready and prepared for war. These were those who waited on the king, in addition to those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah. 2Ch 17:22Ch 11:122Ch 11:232Ch 17:12