1 Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place and took firm hold of his position against Israel.
2 He stationed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
3 Adonai was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the first ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baalim
4 but sought the God of his father, and walked in His mitzvot rather than the deeds of Israel.
5 So Adonai established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat so that he had great riches and honor.
6 His heart was devoted to the ways of Adonai. Furthermore he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.
7 Then in the third year of his reign he sent his officials—Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah—to teach in the towns of Judah.