2 Chronicles 17:2

Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah · 2 Chronicles 17:1–19
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Translations

Modern
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.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And he put troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and he put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.
Latin
Constituitque militum numeros in cunctis urbibus Juda quæ erant vallatæ muris. Præsidiaque disposuit in terra Juda, et in civitatibus Ephraim quas ceperat Asa pater ejus.

Original

Hebrew
English
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.

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Jehoshaphat

Parallels

1 Kings 15:23–24

People

Asa: King of Judah, son of Abijah; father of Jehoshaphat Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Jehoshaphat (Person)

Topics

Cities: Fortified Cities: Garrisoned in War Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Jehoshaphat: King of Judah: Religious Zeal of Jehoshaphat: King of Judah: Strengthens Himself Against Israel