^{1 Ref} And Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead, and he strengtheneth himself against Israel,

^{2 Ref} and putteth a force in all the fenced cities of Judah, and putteth garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.

^{3 Ref} And Jehovah is with Jehoshaphat, for he hath walked in the first ways of David his father, and hath not sought to Baalim,

^{4 Ref} for to the God of his father he hath sought, and in His commands he hath walked, and not according to the work of Israel.

^{5 Ref} And Jehovah doth establish the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah give a present to Jehoshaphat, and he hath riches and honour in abundance,

^{6 Ref} and his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah.

^{7 Ref} And in the third year of his reign he hath sent for his heads, for Ben-Hail, and for Obadiah, and for Zechariah, and for Nethaneel, and for Michaiah, to teach in cities of Judah,

^{8 Ref} and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijath, and Tob-Adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

^{9 Ref} And they teach in Judah, and with them `is' the Book of the Law of Jehovah, and they go round about into all cities of Judah, and teach among the people.