1. Asa’s son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king. Jehoshaphat strengthened his position against Israel
2. by stationing troops in the fortified cities of Judah and placing soldiers throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
3. The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the earlier ways of his father by not seeking Baal.
4. Instead, he sought the God of his father, and unlike Israel, he followed God’s commandments.
5. The Lord gave him firm control over the kingdom, and all Judah brought Jehoshaphat tribute, so that he had abundant riches and honor.