1 Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.
2 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.
3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,
4 but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.
5 Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.