He also put large shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin.
2 Chronicles 17:19 - New Revised Standard Version These were in the service of the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These were in the king's service, besides those [he] had placed in fortified cities throughout all Judah. American Standard Version (1901) These were they that waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah. Common English Bible These were the individuals who served the king in addition to those the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah. Catholic Public Domain Version All these were at the hand of the king, aside from the others, whom he had positioned in the walled cities, in all of Judah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All these were at the hand of the king, beside others, whom he had put in the walled cities, in all Juda. |
He also put large shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin.
He dealt wisely, and distributed some of his sons through all the districts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities; he gave them abundant provisions, and found many wives for them.
Jehoshaphat grew steadily greater. He built fortresses and storage cities in Judah.
and next to him Jehozabad with one hundred eighty thousand armed for war.
He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had taken.
Afterward he built an outer wall for the city of David west of Gihon, in the valley, reaching the entrance at the Fish Gate; he carried it around Ophel, and raised it to a very great height. He also put commanders of the army in all the fortified cities in Judah.