2 Chronicles 17:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

2 Chronicles 17:2 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 15:8
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 11:5
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
2 Chronicles 11:11-12
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. …

Topics

Cities Ephraim Israel, Prophecies Concerning Jehoshaphat Josaphat Joseph

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

Here we find concerning Jehoshaphat, I. What a wise man he was. As soon as he came to the crown he strengthened himself against Israel, 2 Chron. 17:1. Ahab, an active warlike prince, had now been three years upon the throne of Israel, the vigour of his beginning falling in with the decay of Asa’s conclusion. It is probable that the kingdom of Israel had, of late, got ground of the kingdom of Judah…