2 Chronicles 17:1

Contextual Overview

¹His son Jehoshaphat became king in his place and strengthened himself against Israel. ¹ Yehoshafat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Yisra'el. ¹ And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. ¹ Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place and strengthened himself against Israel. ¹ Jehoshaphat, Asa's son, became king of Judah in his place. Jehoshaphat made Judah strong so they could fight against Israel. ¹ His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel. ¹Jehoshaphat his son then became king [of Judah] in Asa's place, and strengthened his position over Israel.¹ His son Jehoshaphat then became king in his place, and he proved himself strong over Israel.¹ Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel. ¹ And Iehosphat his sonne reigned in his steade, and preuailed against Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jehoshaphat: 1 Kings 15:24, 1 Kings 22:41, 1 Chronicles 11:10, Matthew 1:8, Josaphat

and strengthened: 2 Chronicles 12:1, 2 Chronicles 26:8, 2 Chronicles 32:5, 1 Samuel 23:16, Ezekiel 7:27, Ephesians 6:10

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 3:10 - Jehoshaphat

Cross-References

Genesis 5:22
Hanokh walked with God after he became the father of Metushelach three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah three hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
After Methuselah was born, Enoch walked with God 300 years more and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he fathered Methuselah, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
And Henoch walked with God, after he begate Methushelah, three hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
Then Enoch walked with God 300 years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
and during the next three hundred years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead,.... In the stead of Asa his father:

and strengthened himself against Israel; the ten tribes, by fortifying his cities, building castles, raising and keeping a large standing army, as the latter part of this chapter shows, and the next verse.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jehoshaphat ascended the throne in the fourth year of Ahab 1 Kings 22:41, probably after that monarch had contracted his alliance with the royal family of Sidon, and before he was engaged in war with Syria. It was thus not unnatural that Jehoshaphat should begin his reign by strengthening himself against a possible attack on the part of his northern neighbor.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVII

Jehoshaphat succeeds his father Asa, and reigns piously, and

is particularly blessed, 14.

He establishes an itinerant ministry, for the instruction of

the people, through all the cities of Judah, which produces

the most beneficial effects, 7-10.

The Philistines and Arabians bring him gifts, 11.

His greatness, 12, 13.

The commanders of his troops, 14-19.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVII

Verse 2 Chronicles 17:1. Jehoshaphat - and strengthened himself against Israel — The kingdoms of Israel and Judah were rivals from the beginning; sometimes one, sometimes the other, prevailed. Asa and Baasha were nearly matched; but, after Baasha's death, Israel was greatly weakened by civil contentions, and Jehoshaphat got the ascendancy. See 1 Kings 16:16-23.