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 honour in abundance.