1. JEHOSHAPHAT HIS son reigned in Asa's stead and strengthened himself against Israel.
2. And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken.
3. The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the first ways of his father [David]. He did not seek the Baals
4. But sought and yearned with all his desire for the Lord, the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not after the ways of Israel.
5. Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor.
6. His heart was cheered and his courage was high in the ways of the Lord; moreover, he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.