2 Crónicas 17
1 Y Josafat su hijo se hizo rey en su lugar, y se hizo fuerte contra 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 Puso guarniciones en todas las ciudades amuralladas de Judá, y los jefes responsables en la tierra de Judá y en las ciudades de Efraín, que Asa su padre había tomado.
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 Y el Señor estaba con Josafat, porque él siguió los primeros caminos de su padre, sin volverse a los baales,
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 Pero volviéndose al Dios de su padre y guardando sus leyes, y no haciendo lo que hizo 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 Y el Señor fortaleció su reino; y todo Judá dio ofrendas a Josafat, y él tuvo gran riqueza y honra.
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 Su corazón se alzó en los caminos del Señor; y fue tan lejos como para quitar los lugares altos y los pilares de madera que representaban a Asera de Judá.
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 En el tercer año de su gobierno envió a Ben-Hail, Abdías, Zacarías, Natanael y Micaías, sus capitanes, como maestros en los pueblos de Judá;
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 Y con ellos, Semaías y Netanias, Zebadias, Asael, Semiramot, Jonatan, Adonias, Tobias y Tobadonias, los levitas; y Elisama y Joram los sacerdotes.
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 Y dieron enseñanzas en Judá y tenían con ellos el libro de la ley del Señor; Pasaron por todos los pueblos de Judá enseñando a la gente.
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 Y el temor del Señor estaba en todos los reinos de las tierras alrededor de Judá, para que no hicieran guerras contra Josafat.
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 Y algunos de los filisteos tomaron ofrendas a Josafat, y le hicieron pagos de plata; y los árabes le dieron rebaños, siete mil setecientos carneros, y siete mil setecientos chivos.
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 Josafat se hizo cada vez más grande, e hizo fuertes torres y lugares de almacén en Judá.
Jehoshaphat continued to become more powerful/influential. His workers built forts and places to store supplies in various towns in Judah.
13 Tenía muchas propiedades en las ciudades de Judá; tenía fuerzas de hombres armados, grandes y fuertes, en Jerusalén.
Then they put large amounts of supplies in those storehouses. Jehoshaphat also placed in Jerusalem soldiers who were experienced.
14 Este es el número de ellos, enumerados por sus familias, los capitanes de miles de Judá: Adnas, él capitán, y con él trescientos mil hombres de guerra;
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 Segundo a él, Johanán, el capitán, y con él doscientos ochenta mil;
His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers.
16 Después de él, Amasías, hijo de Zicri, se entregó libremente al Señor, y con él doscientos mil hombres de guerra;
Next was Zicri’s son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 soldiers.
17 Y los capitanes de Benjamín: Eliada, un gran hombre de guerra, y con él doscientos mil armados con arcos y escudos;
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 Y después de él, Jozabad, y con él ciento ochenta mil entrenados para la guerra.
Next was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 men who had weapons for fighting battles.
19 Estos eran los hombres al servicio del rey, además de los colocados por el rey en las ciudades amuralladas de todo Judá.
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.
