< 2 Chronicles 17 >
1 and to reign Jehoshaphat son: child his underneath: instead him and to strengthen: strengthen upon Israel
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
2 and to give: put strength: soldiers in/on/with all city Judah [the] to gather/restrain/fortify and to give: put garrison in/on/with land: country/planet Judah and in/on/with city Ephraim which to capture Asa father his
He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
3 and to be LORD with Jehoshaphat for to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct David father his [the] first: previous and not to seek to/for Baal
Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,
4 for to/for God father his to seek and in/on/with commandment his to go: walk and not like/as deed Israel
but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.
5 and to establish: establish LORD [obj] [the] kingdom in/on/with hand: power his and to give: give all Judah offering: tribute to/for Jehoshaphat and to be to/for him riches and glory to/for abundance
So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor.
6 and to exult heart his in/on/with way: conduct LORD and still to turn aside: remove [obj] [the] high place and [obj] [the] Asherah from Judah
And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
7 and in/on/with year three to/for to reign him to send: depart to/for ruler his to/for Ben-hail Ben-hail and to/for Obadiah and to/for Zechariah and to/for Nethanel and to/for Micaiah to/for to learn: teach in/on/with city Judah
In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,
8 and with them [the] Levi Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel (and Shemiramoth *Q(K)*) and Jehonathan and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tobadonijah Tobadonijah [the] Levi and with them Elishama and Jehoram [the] priest
accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
9 and to learn: teach in/on/with Judah and with them scroll: book instruction LORD and to turn: surround in/on/with all city Judah and to learn: teach in/on/with people
They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.
10 and to be dread LORD upon all kingdom [the] land: country/planet which around Judah and not to fight with Jehoshaphat
And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.
11 and from Philistine to come (in): bring to/for Jehoshaphat offering: gift and silver: money burden also [the] Arabian to come (in): bring to/for him flock ram seven thousand and seven hundred and male goat seven thousand and seven hundred
Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.
12 and to be Jehoshaphat to go: continue and growing till to/for above [to] and to build in/on/with Judah fortress and city storage
Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
13 and work many to be to/for him in/on/with city Judah and human battle mighty man strength in/on/with Jerusalem
and kept vast supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had warriors in Jerusalem who were mighty men of valor.
14 and these punishment their to/for house: household father their to/for Judah ruler thousand Adnah [the] ruler and with him mighty man strength three hundred thousand
These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: From Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;
15 and upon hand: to his Jehohanan [the] ruler and with him hundred and eighty thousand
next to him, Jehohanan the commander, and with him 280,000;
16 and upon hand: to his Amasiah son: child Zichri [the] be willing to/for LORD and with him hundred thousand mighty man strength
and next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer for the LORD, and with him 200,000 mighty men of valor.
17 and from Benjamin mighty man strength Eliada and with him to handle bow and shield hundred thousand
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
18 and upon hand: to his Jehozabad and with him hundred and eighty thousand to arm army: war
and next to him, Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 armed for battle.
19 these [the] to minister [obj] [the] king from to/for alone: besides which to give: put [the] king in/on/with city [the] fortification in/on/with all Judah
These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.