2 Chronicles 17:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel.

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  • 1 Kgs 15:24 : 24 So Asa went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place.
  • 2 Chr 32:5 : 5 Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.
  • Matt 1:8 : 8 And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah;
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.
  • Ezek 7:27 : 27 The king will give himself up to sorrow, and the ruler will be clothed with wonder, and the hands of the people of the land will be troubled: I will give them punishment for their ways, judging them as it is right for them to be judged; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 22:41 : 41 And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's rule over Israel.
  • 1 Chr 11:10 : 10 Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.
  • 2 Chr 12:1 : 1 Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
  • 2 Chr 26:8 : 8 The Ammonites gave offerings to Uzziah: and news of him went out as far as the limit of Egypt; for he became very great in power.
  • 1 Sam 23:16 : 16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

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  • 2 Chr 17:2-6
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    2He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

    3And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

    4But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

    5So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.

    6His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:41-45
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    41And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's rule over Israel.

    42Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was king for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

    43He did as Asa his father had done, not turning away from it, but doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord; but the high places were not taken away: the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.

    44And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

    45Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his great power, and how he went to war, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

  • 1 Kgs 22:50-51
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    50Then Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Jehoram his son became king in his place.

    51Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years.

  • 2 Chr 17:12-13
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    12Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

    13He had much property in the towns of Judah; he had forces of armed men, great and strong, in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 8:16-17
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    16In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.

    17He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

  • 2 Chr 21:1
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    1And Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 15:24
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    24So Asa went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 20:31-32
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    31And Jehoshaphat was king over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling for twenty-five years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

    32He went in the ways of his father Asa, not turning away, but doing right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 15:8-9
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    8Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.

    9In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.

  • 1 Chr 3:10-11
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    10And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

    11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

  • 2 Kgs 3:1
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    1And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
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    1And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.

  • 2 Chr 11:17
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    17So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 20:1
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    1Now after this, the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunim, made war against Jehoshaphat.

  • 2 Kgs 13:1
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    1In the twenty-third year of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for seventeen years.

  • 1 Kgs 22:2
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    2And it came about in the third year, that Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 13:9-10
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    9And Jehoahaz went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Joash his son became king in his place.

    10In the thirty-seventh year of the rule of Joash, king of Judah, Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for sixteen years.

  • 2 Kgs 14:16
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    16And Jehoash went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 19:1
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    1And Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went back to his house in Jerusalem in peace.

  • 1 Kgs 22:29
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    29So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

  • 2 Kgs 14:22
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    22He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

  • 2 Chr 11:12
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    12And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

  • 2 Kgs 8:24-25
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    24And Joram went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David: and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.

    25In the twelfth year that Joram, the son of Ahab, was king of Israel, Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king;

  • 2 Chr 17:10
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    10And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.

  • 2 Kgs 13:25
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    25And Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, took again from Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael, the towns which he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Jehoash overcame him and got back the towns of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 15:1
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    1In the twenty-seventh year of the rule of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah, son of Amaziah, became king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 9:29
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    29(In the eleventh year of the rule of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.)

  • 2 Chr 18:28
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    28So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

  • 2 Chr 21:4
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    4Now when Jehoram had taken his place over his father's kingdom, and had made his position safe, he put all his brothers to death with the sword, as well as some of the princes of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 27:9
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    9And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in the town of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 18:1
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    1Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.

  • 2 Chr 13:18
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    18So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

  • Matt 1:8
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    8And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah;

  • 2 Kgs 15:38
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    38And Jotham went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.