2 Chronicles 17:2

American Standard Version (1901)

And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

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  • 2 Chr 15:8 : 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.
  • 2 Chr 11:5 : 5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
  • 2 Chr 11:11-12 : 11 And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine. 12 And in every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

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  • 2 Chr 17:1
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    1And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

  • 2 Chr 17:12-13
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    12And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.

    13And he had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 11:10-12
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    10and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

    11And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine.

    12And in every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

  • 2 Chr 15:8-10
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    8And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.

    9And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

    10So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

  • 1 Kgs 15:22-24
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    22Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

    23Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

    24And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 19:4-5
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    4And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

    5And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

  • 2 Chr 14:7-8
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    7For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

    8And Asa had an army that bare bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.

  • 2 Chr 16:6-7
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    6Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

    7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.

  • 2 Chr 17:5-6
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    5Therefore Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

    6And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 17:19
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    19These were they that waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:8-9
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    8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

    9And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
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    43And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; He turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

  • 2 Chr 33:14
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    14Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:15-18
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    15And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

    16And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

    17And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

    18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

  • 2 Chr 27:4
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    4Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

  • 2 Chr 20:32-33
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    32And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.

    33Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

  • 2 Chr 15:17-18
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    17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

    18And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

  • 2 Chr 13:19
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    19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephron with the towns thereof.

  • 2 Chr 16:4
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    4And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.

  • 2 Chr 12:4
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    4And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 15:20
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    20And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

  • 2 Chr 14:2-3
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    2And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:

    3for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

  • 2 Chr 16:1-2
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    1In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

    2Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

  • 2 Chr 17:3
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    3And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,

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    6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
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    5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
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    11And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father.

  • 1 Kgs 22:46
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    46And the remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.

  • 2 Chr 16:9
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    9For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

  • 2 Chr 32:1
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    1After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.

  • Judg 1:18
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    18Also Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof.