New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 Asa was succeeded by his son Jehoshaphat, who determined to
resist Israel by force.
2 He posted troops in all the fortified cities of
Judah and stationed officers note throughout Judah and in the cities of
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The kings from Rehoboam to Ahaz
Ephraim which his father Asa had captured.
3 The Lord was with
Jehoshaphat, for he followed the example his father note had set in his early
years and did not resort to the Baalim;
4 he sought guidance of the God of
his father and obeyed his commandments and did not follow the
practices of Israel.
5 So the Lord established the kingdom under his rule,
and all Judah brought him gifts, and his wealth and fame note became very
great.
6 He took pride in the service of the Lord; he also suppressed the
hill-shrines and the sacred poles in Judah.
7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officers, Ben-hayil, Obadiah,
Zechariah, Nethaneel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah,
together with the Levites,
8 Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel,
Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobiah, and Tob-adonijah, note
accompanied by the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
9 They taught in
Judah, having with them the book of the law of the Lord; they went
round the cities of Judah, teaching the people.
10 So the dread of the Lord fell upon all the rulers of the lands surrounding
Judah, and they did not make war on Jehoshaphat.
11 Certain
Philistines brought a gift, a great quantity of silver, to Jehoshaphat; the
Arabs too brought him seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven
thousand seven hundred he-goats.
12 Jehoshaphat became ever more
powerful and built fortresses and store-cities in Judah;
13 and he had
much work on hand in the cities of Judah. He had regular, seasoned
troops in Jerusalem,
14 enrolled according to their clans in this way: of
Judah, the officers over units of a thousand: Adnah the commander,
together with three hundred thousand seasoned troops;
15 and next to him
the commander Johanan, with two hundred and eighty thousand;
16 and
next to him Amasiah son of Zichri, who had volunteered for the service
of the Lord, with two hundred thousand seasoned troops;
17 and of
Benjamin: an experienced soldier Eliada, with two hundred thousand
men armed with bows and shields;
18 next to him Jehozabad, with a
hundred and eighty thousand fully-armed men.
19 These were the men
who served the king, apart from those whom the king had posted in
the fortified cities throughout Judah.
New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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