2 Chronicles 17:1-4 ▼

1 Asa's son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king, and he consolidated his authority over Israel

2 by placing troops in all of the fortified citadels through Judah and by establishing garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities that his father Asa had captured.

3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example set during his ancestor David's preliminary years by not pursuing the Baals.

4 Instead, Jehoshaphat sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike Israel.