2 Chronicles 17:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And Jehoshaphat became very great. He built in Judah fortresses and store cities,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.

Common English Bible

¹² As Jehoshaphat grew increasingly powerful, he built fortresses and storage cities in Judah

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Therefore, Jehoshaphat increased and was magnified, even on high. And in Judah, he built houses in the likeness of towers, and walled cities.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And Josaphat grew, and became exceeding great: and he built in Juda houses like towers, and walled cities.

2 Chronicles 17:12 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:25

And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

2 Chronicles 17:11

And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats.

2 Chronicles 17:13

And he had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valour, in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 18:1

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.

2 Chronicles 27:4

Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

2 Chronicles 32:5

And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

Exodus 1:11

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.