King James Version
What Does 2 Chronicles 17:2 Mean?
“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.”
Context
1
And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
2
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.
3
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; of: or, of his father, and of David
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But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(2) **And he placed forces.**—Comp. 2Chronicles 11:12.**
The fenced cities.**—‘*Arê ha-bĕtsûrôth.* (Comp. 2Chronicles 11:5 *sqq.,* 2Chronicles 14:6-7.)
**And set garrisons.**—*Placed military posts* or *prefects* (*netsîbîm*)*.* (1Chronicles 11:16; 2Chronicles 11:11.) Syriac, “appointed rulers.”
**The cities of Ephraim . . . had taken.**—See on 2Chronicles 15:8.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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