2Ch 17:1-6 | ESV | STEP | Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place and strengthened himself against Israel .

2 Chronicles 17:1-6

Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah

1 Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place and strengthened himself against Israel. 2 He placed forces in all the ^afortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim ^bthat Asa his father had captured. 3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, 4 but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, ^cand not according to the practices of Israel. 5 Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah ^dbrought tribute to Jehoshaphat, ^eand he had great riches and honor. 6 His heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord. And furthermore, ^fhe took the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.