2 Chronicles 17
1 and to reign Jehoshaphat son: child his underneath: instead him and to strengthen: strengthen upon Israel
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became the king [of Judah], and he enabled his army to become very strong, with the result that they could resist attacks from [the army of] 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 put soldiers in all the cities in Judah around which they had built walls, and he put soldiers in other places in Judah and in the towns in the area belonging to the tribe of Ephraim that [soldiers of] 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
Yahweh helped Jehoshaphat because when he started [to rule Judah], he did the things that pleased Yahweh like his ancestor [King] David had done. He did not worship the idols of Baal.
4 for to/for God father his to seek and in/on/with commandment his to go: walk and not like/as deed Israel
Instead, he sought advice from the God whom his father [had worshiped], and he obeyed God’s commands, and did not do the [evil things that the kings of] Israel continually did.
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
Yahweh enabled him to completely control his kingdom. All [the people of] Judah brought gifts to him, with the result that he became very rich and was greatly honored.
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
He was completely devoted to doing what pleased Yahweh. His workers got rid of the shrines on the hilltops and the poles for [worshiping the goddess] Asherah throughout 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
When he had been ruling [Judah] for almost three years, he sent some of his officials—Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach the people in various towns in 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
With them he sent several descendants of Levi—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah—and two 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 took with them a scroll on which were written the laws of Yahweh and taught them to the people in all the towns throughout Judah,
10 and to be dread LORD upon all kingdom [the] land: country/planet which around Judah and not to fight with Jehoshaphat
The people in all the kingdoms surrounding Judah became very afraid of [what Yahweh might do to punish them if they fought against Judah], so they did not start wars with Jehoshaphat’s army.
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 people from Philistia brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, and they also brought to him the silver that he demanded that they pay to him. Some Arabs brought to him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats.
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 continued to become more powerful/influential. His workers built forts and places to store supplies in various towns 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
Then they put large amounts of supplies in those storehouses. Jehoshaphat also placed in Jerusalem soldiers who were experienced.
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
The leaders and numbers from each tribe were as follows: From the tribe of Judah, Adnah was the leader of the soldiers, and he commanded 300,000 soldiers.
15 and upon hand: to his Jehohanan [the] ruler and with him hundred and eighty thousand
His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers.
16 and upon hand: to his Amasiah son: child Zichri [the] be willing to/for LORD and with him hundred thousand mighty man strength
Next was Zicri’s son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 soldiers.
17 and from Benjamin mighty man strength Eliada and with him to handle bow and shield hundred thousand
From the tribe of Benjamin, Eliada, who was a brave soldier, was the leader of the soldiers; he commanded 200,000 men who had bows [and arrows] and shields.
18 and upon hand: to his Jehozabad and with him hundred and eighty thousand to arm army: war
Next was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 men who had weapons for fighting battles.
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
Those were the soldiers who served the king [in Jerusalem], in addition to the men whom the king had placed in the other cities in Judah that had walls around them.
