¹Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself over Israel.

²He put an army in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.

³Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of David his father and did not inquire of the Baals.

⁴But he inquired of the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not according to the deeds of Israel.

⁵Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah gave a gift to Jehoshaphat; and he had wealth and weightiness in abundance.

⁶His heart grew high in the ways of Yahweh, and again he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.

⁷In the third year of his reign he sent to his officials, to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethanel, and to Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

⁸And with them were the Levites: Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

⁹They taught in Judah, and with them was the scroll of the instruction of Yahweh; and they went around through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.

¹⁰And the fear of Yahweh was on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, and they did not wage war against Jehoshaphat.

¹¹And some of the Philistines were bringing Jehoshaphat a gift and silver as tribute; also the Arabs were bringing him flocks: seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred he-goats.

¹²Jehoshaphat went on growing great, on up to the heights; and he built in Judah fortresses and storage cities.

¹³And he had great work in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem.

¹⁴These were their musterings by the house of their fathers: for Judah, captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor, three hundred thousand.

¹⁵And at his side was Jehohanan the commander, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand.

¹⁶And at his side was Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered himself to Yahweh, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.

¹⁷And from Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand equipped with bow and shield.

¹⁸And at his hand, Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand equipped for war.

¹⁹These were those who served the king, apart from those whom the king set in the walled cities in all Judah.