2 Chronicles 17:2 meaning and explanation
He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
2 Chronicles 17:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Jehoshaphat has just inherited the throne from his father Asa, and the Chronicler presents his first act as a practical step to secure the kingdom against the northern kingdom of Israel. He places troops in the fortified cities of Judah and garrisons both in the open land and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa had earlier captured.
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