1And Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead, and he strengtheneth himself against Israel,
2and putteth a force in all the fenced cities of Judah, and putteth garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.
3And Jehovah is with Jehoshaphat, for he hath walked in the first ways of David his father, and hath not sought to Baalim,
4for to the God of his father he hath sought, and in His commands he hath walked, and not according to the work of Israel.
5And Jehovah doth establish the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah give a present to Jehoshaphat, and he hath riches and honour in abundance,
6and his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah.
7And in the third year of his reign he hath 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,
