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Jehoshaphat becomes king, strengthens Judah, and removes high places and Asherah poles

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2 Chronicles 17:1–6: Jehoshaphat son of Asa reigns, strengthens himself against Israel, and places forces and garrisons in Judah and the cities of Ephraim Asa had taken. He walks in the first ways of his father David, seeks the LORD rather than the Baals, and keeps his commandments. The LORD establishes his kingdom; Judah brings him tribute. Jehoshaphat removes high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

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2CH 17:1–6, engwebp
¹Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.
²He 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.
³The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,
⁴but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.
⁵Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.
⁶His heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah.
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Unresolved interpretation: The high places Jehoshaphat removed and those said to remain

1 Kings 22:43 says Jehoshaphat did not remove the high places, and the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense there.
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- 1KI 22:41–50, engwebp
  ⁴¹Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
  ⁴²Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
  ⁴³He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in the LORD’s eyes. However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  ⁴⁴Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
  ⁴⁵Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he fought, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
  ⁴⁶The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
  ⁴⁷There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.
  ⁴⁸Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
  ⁴⁹Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat would not.
  ⁵⁰Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city. Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
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2 Chronicles 17:6 says Jehoshaphat removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
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- 2CH 17:1–6, engwebp
  ¹Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.
  ²He 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.
  ³The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,
  ⁴but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.
  ⁵Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.
  ⁶His heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah.
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2 Chronicles 20:31–34 says Jehoshaphat walked in Asa his father’s way, but the high places were not removed and the people had not set their hearts on their fathers’ God.
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- 2CH 20:31–34, engwebp
  ³¹So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign. He reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
  ³²He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in the LORD’s eyes.
  ³³However the high places were not taken away, and the people had still not set their hearts on the God of their fathers.
  ³⁴Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is included in the book of the kings of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 17:6 says Jehoshaphat removed high places from Judah, but 20:33 says they were not removed, as does 1 Kings 22:43. The collection keeps each statement without inferring different times or kinds of high places to reconcile them.

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Evidence: 2 Chronicles 17:1–6

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Entry: Jehoshaphat becomes king, strengthens Judah, and removes high places and Asherah poles (event-2ch-17-jehoshaphat-strengthens-judah-and-removes-high-places)
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Current wording: 2 Chronicles 17:1–6: Jehoshaphat son of Asa reigns, strengthens himself against Israel, and places forces and garrisons in Judah and the cities of Ephraim Asa had taken. He walks in the first ways of his father David, seeks the LORD rather than the Baals, and keeps his commandments. The LORD establishes his kingdom; Judah brings him tribute. Jehoshaphat removes high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
Cited evidence: 2CH 17:1–6, engwebp
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