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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 Literal Standard Version</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" /></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="../">LSV</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="../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">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/17-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And his son Jehoshaphat reigns in his stead, and he strengthens himself against Israel, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and puts a force in all the fortified cities of Judah, and puts garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And YHWH is with Jehoshaphat, for he has walked in the first ways of his father David, and has not sought for the Ba‘alim, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>for he has sought for the God of his father, and he has walked in His commands, and not according to the work of Israel. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And YHWH establishes the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah gives a present to Jehoshaphat, and he has riches and honor in abundance, <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and his heart is high in the ways of YHWH, and again he has turned aside the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And in the third year of his reign he has sent for his heads, for Ben-Hail, and for Obadiah, and for Zechariah, and for Nethaneel, and for Michaiah, to teach in cities of Judah; <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and with them the Levites: Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijath, and Tob-Adonijah—the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And they teach in Judah, and the Scroll of the Law of YHWH [is] with them, and they go around into all cities of Judah, and teach among the people.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And there is a fear of YHWH on all kingdoms of the lands that [are] around Judah, and they have not fought with Jehoshaphat; <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and [some] from the Philistines are bringing a present to Jehoshaphat, and silver [as] tribute; also, the Arabians are bringing to him a flock of seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Jehoshaphat is going on and becoming very great, and he builds palaces and cities of store in Judah, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and he has much work in cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, [are] in Jerusalem. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And these [are] their numbers, for the house of their fathers—of Judah, heads of thousands: Adnah the head, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor; <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and at his hand [is] Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand; <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and at his hand [is] Amasiah son of Zichri, who is willingly offering himself to YHWH, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And of Benjamin, mighty men of valor: Eliada, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and at his hand [is] Jehozabad, and with him one hundred and eighty thousand armed ones of the host. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>These [are] those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the fortress cities in all of Judah.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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