“Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Chronicles 17 contains 19 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.