^{3 Ref} And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

^{4 Ref} But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

^{5 Ref} So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.

^{6 Ref} His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.