2 Chronicles 17

¹ And Jehoshaphat his son reigns in his stead, and he strengthens himself against Israel, ² and puts a force in all the fenced cities of Judah, and puts garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured. ³ And Yahweh is with Jehoshaphat, for he has walked in the first ways of David his father, and has not sought to Baalim, ⁴ for to the Elohim of his father he has sought, and in His commands he has walked, and not according to the work of Israel. ⁵ And Yahweh does establish the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah give a present to Jehoshaphat, and he has riches and honor in abundance, ⁶ and his heart is high in the ways of Yahweh, and again he has turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah. ⁷ 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, ⁸ and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijath, and Tob-Adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. ⁹ And they teach in Judah, and with them [is] the Book of the Law of Yahweh, and they go round about into all cities of Judah, and teach among the people. ¹⁰ And here is a fear of Yahweh on all kingdoms of the lands that [are] round about Judah, and they have not fought with Jehoshaphat; ¹¹ and of the Philistines they are bringing in to Jehoshaphat a present, and tribute silver; also, the Arabians are bringing to him a flock, rams seven thousand an seven hundred, and he-goats seven thousand and seven hundred. ¹² And Jehoshaphat is going on and becoming very great, and he builds in Judah palaces and cities of store, ¹³ and he has much work in cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty of valor, [are] in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And these [are] their numbers, for the house of their fathers: Of Judah, heads of thousands, Adnah the head, and with him mighty ones of valor, three hundred chiefs. ¹⁵ And at his hand [is] Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty chiefs. ¹⁶ And at his hand [is] Amasiah son of Zichri, who is willingly offering himself to Yahweh, and with him two hundred chiefs, mighty of valor. ¹⁷ And of Benjamin: mighty of valor, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs. ¹⁸ And at his hand [is] Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty chiefs, armed ones of the host. ¹⁹ These [are] those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the cities of fortress, in all Judah.