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¹ And his son Jehoshaphat reigns in his stead, and he strengthens himself against Israel,² and puts a force in all the fortified cities of Judah, and puts garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.³ And YHWH is with Jehoshaphat, for he has walked in the first ways of his father David, and has not sought for the Ba‘alim,⁴ for he has sought for the God of his father, and he has walked in His commands, and not according to the work of Israel.⁵ And YHWH establishes the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah gives a present to Jehoshaphat, and he has riches and honor in abundance,⁶ and his heart is high in the ways of YHWH, and again he has turned aside the high places and the Asherim 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 Jonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijath, and Tob-Adonijah—the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.⁹ And they teach in Judah, and the Scroll of the Law of YHWH [is] with them, and they go around into all cities of Judah, and teach among the people.

¹⁰ And there is a fear of YHWH on all kingdoms of the lands that [are] around Judah, and they have not fought with Jehoshaphat;¹¹ and [some] from the Philistines are bringing a present to Jehoshaphat, and silver [as] tribute; also, the Arabians are bringing to him a flock of seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats.¹² And Jehoshaphat is going on and becoming very great, and he builds palaces and cities of store in Judah,¹³ and he has much work in cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men 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 three hundred thousand mighty men of valor;¹⁵ and at his hand [is] Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;¹⁶ and at his hand [is] Amasiah son of Zichri, who is willingly offering himself to YHWH, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.¹⁷ And of Benjamin, mighty men of valor: Eliada, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;¹⁸ and at his hand [is] Jehozabad, and with him one hundred and eighty thousand armed ones of the host.¹⁹ These [are] those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the fortress cities in all of Judah.