2nd Chronicles Chapter 17 verse 1 Holy Bible
And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel.
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And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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And Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead, and he strengtheneth himself against Israel,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - Jehoshaphat. In 2 Chronicles 20:31 and 1 Kings 22:41, 42 we are told that Jehoshaphat was now thirty-five years of age. He must, therefore, have been born when Asa was in the sixth year of his reign, and presumably not under sixteen years of age. His reign extended to twenty-five years, i.e. from B.C. 914 to B.C. 889. The name signifies "whom God judges," or "pleads for." Ahab is now in the fourth year of his reign, and the symptoms he manifests (1 Kings 16:30-33) are those that the rather urge Jehoshaphat to strengthen himself, i.e. strengthen the defences of his kingdom on the Israel side.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) And Jehoshaphat . . . in. his stead.--The last words of 1Kings 15:24. The name means Iah judgeth.And strengthened himself against Israel.--As described in 2Chronicles 17:2. Israel is here the northern kingdom. These defensive measures were taken in the early part of the reign, and before Jehoshaphat connected himself by marriage with the northern dynasty (2Chronicles 18:1).
