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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 17 MSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//2_chronicles/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">MSB</a> > 2 Chronicles 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/msb/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/16.htm" title="2 Chronicles 16">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 17 <a href="../2_chronicles/18.htm" title="2 Chronicles 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Majority Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/2_chronicles/17.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_kings/15.htm#23">1 Kings 15:23–24</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>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. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And his heart took delight<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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, <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and kept vast supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had warriors in Jerusalem who were mighty men of valor. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: <p class="list1stline"> From Judah, the commanders of thousands: <p class="list2"> Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor; <A name="16"></a><p class="list2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>next to him, Jehohanan the commander, and with him 280,000; <A name="17"></a><p class="list2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer for the LORD, and with him 200,000 mighty men of valor. <A name="18"></a><p class="list1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>From Benjamin: <p class="list2"> Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields; <A name="19"></a><p class="list2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and next to him, Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 armed for battle. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>in his early years he walked in the ways</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>was exalted</i> or <i>was courageous</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="https://majoritybible.com">Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible (MSB)</a> by <a href="https://biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a>. 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