2 Chronicles 17:1-3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Judah’s King Jehoshaphat

17 His son Jehoshaphat became king in his place^(A) and strengthened himself against Israel. ² He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah^(B) and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.^(C)

³ Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his father David.^[a] He did not seek the Baals