1. Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king and strengthened himself against Israel.
2. He stationed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah and put garrisons in Judah and in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
3. The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David before him. He did not consult the Baals
4. but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel.
5. The Lord established the kingdom under his control; and all Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and honour.