1 Em seu lugar reinou Josafá, seu filho, e fortaleceu-se contra Israel.

2 Pôs forças em todas as cidades fortificadas de Judá, e estabeleceu guarnições na terra de Judá, e nas cidades de Efraim, que Asa, seu pai, tinha tomado.

3 Jeová era com Josafá, porque andou pelos primeiros caminhos de Davi, seu pai, e não recorreu a Baalins;

4 mas recorreu ao Deus de seu pai, e andou nos mandamentos dele e não segundo as obras de Israel.

5 Portanto Jeová estabeleceu o reino nas mãos dele; e todo o Judá trouxe presentes a Josafá, que teve riquezas e glória em abundância.

6 Exaltou-se o seu coração nos caminhos de Jeová; também tirou de Judá os altos e os aserins.

7 No terceiro ano do seu reinado enviou os seus príncipes, Ben-Hail, Obadias, Zacarias, Natanael e Micaia, para ensinarem nas cidades de Judá;

8 e com estes os levitas, Semaías, Netanías, Zebadias, Asael, Semiramote, Jônatas, Adonias, Tobias, e Tob-Adonias, levitas, e com eles os sacerdotes, Elisama e Jorão.

9 Ensinaram em Judá, levando consigo o livro da lei de Jeová; iam por todas as cidades de Judá e ensinavam a todo o povo.

10 O terror da parte de Jeová caiu sobre todos os reinos das terras que estavam ao redor de Judá, de modo que não fizeram guerra contra Josafá.

11 Alguns dos filisteus traziam presentes a Josafá, e prata como tributo; também os árabes lhe traziam gado miúdo, sete mil e setecentos carneiros, e sete mil e setecentos bodes.

12 Josafá tornou-se em extremo grande; e edificou em Judá castelos, e cidades-armazéns.

13 Empreendeu muitas obras na cidade de Judá; e tinha em Jerusalém homens de guerra, ilustres em valor.

14 Este foi o número deles segundo as suas famílias; de Judá os capitães de mil: Adna capitão, com trezentos mil homens ilustres em valor;

15 depois dele o capitão Joanã, com duzentos e oitenta mil;

16 depois dele Amazias, filho de Zicri, que ofereceu voluntariamente a Jeová; e com ele duzentos mil homens ilustres em valor;

17 de Benjamim: Eliada, homem ilustre em valor, com duzentos mil armados de arcos e de escudos;

18 e depois dele Jozabade, com cento e oitenta mil preparados para a guerra.

19 Estes foram os que assistiam ao rei, afora os que o rei pôs nas cidades fortificadas por todo o Judá.

1 And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel.

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.

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

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

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

6 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.

7 In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah;

8 And with them, Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and Elishama and Jehoram the priests.

9 And they gave teaching in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went through all the towns of Judah teaching the people.

10 And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.

11 And some of the Philistines took offerings to Jehoshaphat, and made him payments of silver; and the Arabians gave him flocks, seven thousand, seven hundred sheep, and seven thousand, seven hundred he-goats.

12 Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

13 He had much property in the towns of Judah; he had forces of armed men, great and strong, in Jerusalem.

14 This is the number of them, listed by their families, the captains of thousands of Judah: Adnah, the captain, and with him three hundred thousand men of war;

15 Second to him Jehohanan, the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;

16 After him Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who freely gave himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand men of war;

17 And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers;

18 And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand trained for war.

19 These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.