2 Chronicles 17:2
in 2 Chronicles 17He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
KJV
And 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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 17
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe cities of Ephraim - This conquest from the kingdom of Israel is referred to, 2Ch 15:8; but when it was made we do not know.
This site's exposition
strengthened himself against Israel
on 2 Chronicles 17:1-2
Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa and strengthens himself against Israel, which the bench reads as defense rather than invasion: he garrisons the fenced cities of Judah and holds the cities of Ephraim his father had taken from the northern kingdom at 15:8. The reign opens on the border his father drew, and Chronicles will measure it by the same verb it measures every reign by, whether the king seeks the Lord.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah,.... A considerable number of soldiers, to defend them should they be attacked: and set garrisons in the land of Judah: on the frontiers and borders of it, to protect it: and in the cities of Ephraim; soldiers to keep garrison there: which Asa his father had taken; see 2Ch 15:8.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
in the first ways of David, his father But not the last ways, when he sinned in the incident of Bathsheba, and when the Adversary enticed him to count Israel. This is the most accurate interpretation, but others explain “first” as meaning superior to Solomon and Rehoboam.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּ֨תֶּן־ | vaiyiten- | and he put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| חַ֔יִל | chayil | an army | H2428 → | 246 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עָרֵ֥י | ʾarei | [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| הַבְּצֻר֑וֹת | habetzurot | <the> fortified | H1219 → | 37 times |
| וַיִּתֵּ֤ן | vaiyiten | and he put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| נְצִיבִים֙ | netzivim | garrisons | H5333 → | |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וּבְעָרֵ֣י | uvearei | and in [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אֶפְרַ֔יִם | ʾefrayim | Ephraim | H669 → | 180 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לָכַ֖ד | lakhad | he had captured | H3920 → | 121 times |
| אָסָ֥א | ʾasa' | Asa | H609 → | 57 times |
| אָבִֽיו׃ | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
וַיִּ֨תֶּן־and he put
vaiyiten-H5414 →2011 times
חַ֔יִלan army
chayilH2428 →246 times
בְּכָל־in all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
עָרֵ֥י[the] cities of
ʾareiH5892 →1090 times
יְהוּדָ֖הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
הַבְּצֻר֑וֹת<the> fortified
habetzurotH1219 →37 times
וַיִּתֵּ֤ןand he put
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
נְצִיבִים֙garrisons
netzivimH5333 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וּבְעָרֵ֣יand in [the] cities of
uveareiH5892 →1090 times
אֶפְרַ֔יִםEphraim
ʾefrayimH669 →180 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לָכַ֖דhe had captured
lakhadH3920 →121 times
אָסָ֥אAsa
ʾasa'H609 →57 times
אָבִֽיו׃father his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 15:8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 13:19
Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
- 2 Chronicles 8:12
At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
- 2 Chronicles 4:1
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
- 2 Chronicles 13:19
Through
2 Chronicles 11:5Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 8:2–6
Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.
- Isaiah 22:8–11
He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
- 2 Chronicles 26:6
Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
- 2 Chronicles 14:6–7
Because the land was at peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. In those days no one made war with him, because the LORD had given him rest.
- 2 Chronicles 17:12
Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
- 2 Chronicles 8:2–6
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).