And he had understanding, and spread out all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities, and gave them provision in abundance. And he demanded a multitude of wives.
And he put an army in all the fortified cities in Judah, and placed garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim which his father Asa had captured.
And after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and turned around Ophel, and he made it exceedingly high, and he put commanders of the army in all the cities he had in Judah.