1 And Yahoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Yisra’ĕl,
2 and placed an army in all the walled cities of Yahuḏah, and put watch-posts in the land of Yahuḏah and in the cities of Ephrayim which Asa his father had taken.
3 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was with Yahoshaphat, for he walked in the former ways of his father Dawiḏ, and did not seek the Ba’als,
4 but sought the Elohim of his father, and walked in His Commands and not according to the deeds of Yisra’ĕl.
5 So 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 established the reign in his hand. And all Yahuḏah gave presents to Yahoshaphat, and he had great riches and esteem.
6 And his heart was exalted in the Ways of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and he again removed the high places and the Ashĕrim from Yahuḏah.
7 And in the third year of his reign he sent his leaders, Ben-Ḥayil, and Oḇaḏyah, and Zeḵaryah, and Nethan’ĕl, and Miḵayahu, to teach in the cities of Yahuḏah.
8 And with them he sent Lĕwites: Shemayahu, and Nethanyahu, and Zeḇaḏyahu, and Asah’ĕl, and Shemiramoth, and Yahonathan, and Aḏoniyahu, and Toḇiyahu, and Toḇaḏoniyah, the Lĕwites, and with them Elishama and Yahoram, the kohenim.
9 And they taught in Yahuḏah, and with them was the Book of the Torah of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄. And they went around into all the cities of Yahuḏah and taught the people.
10 And the fear of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 fell on all the reigns of the lands that were around Yahuḏah, and they did not fight against Yahoshaphat.
11 And some of the Pelishtites brought Yahoshaphat gifts and a load of silver. And the Araḇians brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.
12 And Yahoshaphat became increasingly great, and he built palaces and storage cities in Yahuḏah.
13 And he had much work in the cities of Yahuḏah. And the men of battle, mighty brave men, were in Yerushalayim.
14 And these were their numbers, according to their fathers’ houses: Of Yahuḏah, the commanders of thousands: Aḏnah the commander, and with him three hundred thousand mighty brave men;
15 and next to him was Yahoḥanan the commander, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;
16 and next to him was Amasyah son of Ziḵri, who volunteered himself to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and with him two hundred thousand mighty brave men.
17 And of Binyamin: Elyaḏa, a mighty brave one, and with him two hundred thousand men armed with bow and shield;
18 and next to him was Yahozaḇaḏ, and with him one hundred and eighty thousand prepared for battle.
19 These were the ones serving the sovereign, besides those whom the sovereign put in the walled cities throughout all Yahuḏah.