2 Chronicles 17:2

World English Bible (2000)

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 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 Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
  • 2 Chr 11:5 : 5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
  • 2 Chr 11:11-12 : 11 He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine. 12 In every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

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

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

    13He 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.

    11He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.

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

  • 2 Chr 15:8-10
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    8When 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 Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.

    9He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived 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 Yahweh 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 to all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; 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, aren't they 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.

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

  • 2 Chr 19:4-5
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    4Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

    5He 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 to Judah, "Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side." So they built and prospered.

    8Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty 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 its timber, with which Baasha had built; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

    7At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, "Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore is the army of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand.

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

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

  • 2 Chr 17:19
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    19These were those who 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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    8Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
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    43He walked in all the way of Asa his father; He didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh: however 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 encircled Ophel [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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    15He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

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

    17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone 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 Yahweh, 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, who lived 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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    32He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh.

    33However the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts to 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.

    18He 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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    19Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns.

  • 2 Chr 16:4
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    4Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

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

  • 1 Kgs 15:20
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    20Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck 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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    2Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God:

    3for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut 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 allow anyone 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 Yahweh and of the king's house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

  • 2 Chr 17:3
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    3Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,

  • 2 Chr 26:6
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    6He went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke 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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    5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:46
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    46The 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 Yahweh run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; for from henceforth you shall 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 its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.