2 Chronicles 17:2

17:2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons ¹  throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

2 Chronicles 17:12

17:12 Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

2 Chronicles 11:12

11:12 In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. ²  Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

2 Chronicles 11:23

11:23 He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. ³  He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them. ⁴ 

¹ tn Or perhaps, “governors.”

² tn Heb “he strengthened them greatly, very much.”

³ tn Heb “and he was discerning and broke up from all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities.”

⁴ tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”