1 And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel. 2 He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 3 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals, 4 But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did. 5 So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour. 6 His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah. 7 In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah; 8 And with them, Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and Elishama and Jehoram the priests. 9 And they gave teaching in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went through all the towns of Judah teaching the people. 10 And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat. 11 And some of the Philistines took offerings to Jehoshaphat, and made him payments of silver; and the Arabians gave him flocks, seven thousand, seven hundred sheep, and seven thousand, seven hundred he-goats. 12 Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah. 13 He had much property in the towns of Judah; he had forces of armed men, great and strong, in Jerusalem. 14 This is the number of them, listed by their families, the captains of thousands of Judah: Adnah, the captain, and with him three hundred thousand men of war; 15 Second to him Jehohanan, the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand; 16 After him Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who freely gave himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand men of war; 17 And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers; 18 And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand trained for war. 19 These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.
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People
Adnah
Commander of thousands from Judah with 300,000 mighty men of valor under Jehoshaphat.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:14
Adonijah
One of the Levites sent with the officials to teach the Book of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:8
Amasiah
Son of Zichri, called the volunteer for the LORD, commanding 200,000 mighty men of valor under Jehoshaphat.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:16
Asahel
One of the Levites sent with the officials to teach the Book of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:8
Eliada
Mighty man of valor from Benjamin commanding 200,000 armed with bows and shields.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:17
Elishama
One of the two priests sent with the Levites to teach the Book of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:8
Jehohanan
Commander next to Adnah with 280,000 men under Jehoshaphat.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:15
Jehonathan
One of the Levites sent with the officials to teach the Book of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:8
Jehoram
One of the two priests sent with the Levites to teach the Book of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:8
Jehoshaphat
A godly king who sent teachers of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 22; 2 Chron. 17-20; Matt. 1:8
Jehozabad
Commander from Benjamin next to Eliada with 180,000 armed for battle.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:18
Micaiah
One of the officials Jehoshaphat sent in his third year to teach in the cities of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:7
Nethanel
One of the officials Jehoshaphat sent in his third year to teach in the cities of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:7
Nethaniah
One of the Levites sent with the officials to teach the Book of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:8
Obadiah
One of the officials Jehoshaphat sent in his third year to teach in the cities of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:7
Shemaiah
One of the Levites sent with the officials to teach the Book of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:8
Shemiramoth
One of the Levites sent with the officials to teach the Book of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:8
Tob-adonijah
One of the Levites sent with the officials to teach the Book of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:8
Tobijah
One of the Levites sent with the officials to teach the Book of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:8
Zebadiah
One of the Levites sent with the officials to teach the Book of the Law throughout Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:8
Zechariah
One of the officials Jehoshaphat sent in his third year to teach in the cities of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:7
Zichri
Named as the father of Amasiah, a commander under Jehoshaphat.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 17:16
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 15:24; 2 Chronicles 32:5; Matthew 1:8; Ephesians 6:10; 1 Chronicles 11:10
- 2 2 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 11:11–12; 2 Chronicles 11:5
- 3 2 Kings 22:2; Isaiah 41:10; 2 Timothy 4:22; Psalm 46:11; Joshua 1:9
- 4 1 Kings 12:28; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; Luke 1:6; Hosea 4:15; 2 Kings 17:19
- 5 2 Chronicles 18:1; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 127:1; Matthew 2:11; Job 42:12
- 6 Hosea 14:9; Psalm 119:1; 2 Chronicles 20:33; 2 Chronicles 15:17; 1 Kings 22:43
- 7 2 Chronicles 35:3; Ecclesiastes 12:9–10; Nehemiah 8:7–8; 2 Chronicles 15:3; Nehemiah 8:13–14
- 8 2 Chronicles 19:8; Malachi 2:7; Ezra 7:1–6
- 9 John 5:46; Romans 3:2; John 5:39; Matthew 28:19–20; Matthew 11:1
- 10 2 Chronicles 14:14; Exodus 15:14–16; Proverbs 16:7; Exodus 34:24; 2 Chronicles 16:9
- 11 2 Chronicles 26:8; 2 Chronicles 9:14; 2 Samuel 8:2; 2 Chronicles 17:5; 2 Kings 3:4
- 12 2 Chronicles 8:2–6; 2 Chronicles 27:4; 2 Chronicles 32:5; 2 Chronicles 18:1; 2 Chronicles 32:27–29
- 13 2 Chronicles 26:10–15; 1 Chronicles 27:25–31
- 14 Numbers 1:18; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 13:3; 2 Chronicles 14:8; Genesis 15:5
- 16 Judges 5:9; Judges 5:2; 1 Chronicles 29:9; Psalm 110:3; 2 Corinthians 8:12
- 17 2 Chronicles 14:8; 2 Samuel 1:21–22
- 19 2 Chronicles 17:2; 2 Chronicles 11:12; 2 Chronicles 17:12; 2 Chronicles 11:23
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