Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah
(1 Kings 15:23–24)

1And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel. 2And he put troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and he put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.

3And YHWH was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways† of David his father. He did not seek the Baals, 4but the God of his father he sought, and in His commandments he walked, and not according to the acts of Israel. 5And YHWH established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah gave tribute to Jehoshaphat, and were unto him riches and honor in abundance. 6And his heart was lifted up† in the ways of YHWH, and moreover he turned aside the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.

7And in the third year of his reign he sent his leaders Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah, 8and with them the Levites—Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites—and with them Elishama and Jehoram the priests. 9And they taught in Judah, and with them was the Book of the Law of YHWH, and they went around in all the cities of Judah, and they taught the people.

10And the dread of YHWH fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, and they did not fight against Jehoshaphat. 11And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and silver as tribute, and the Arabs brought to him from the flock seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats.

12And Jehoshaphat went on even to increasingly becoming great, and he built in Judah fortresses and storage cities. 13And was unto him much property in the cities of Judah, and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem. 14And these are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers:

Of Judah, the captains of thousands:

Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor, three hundred thousand.

15And next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand.

16And next to him Amasiah son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to YHWH, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.

17And of Benjamin:

A mighty man of valor, Eliada, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield.

18And next to him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand equipped for war.

19These served the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.