17:1 His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel. 1 17:2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons 2 throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.
17:3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor 3 David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. 4 He did not seek the Baals,
1 tn Heb “and strengthened himself over Israel.”
2 tn Or perhaps, “governors.”
3 tn Heb “father.”
4 tn Heb “for he walked in the ways of David his father [in] the beginning [times].”