² He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

⁸ And Asa, hearing these words of Azariah, the son of Oded the prophet, took heart and put away all the disgusting things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the towns which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he made new again the altar of the Lord in front of the covered way of the Lord's house.

⁵ Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.

¹¹ And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.

¹² And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.