2 Chronicles 17:1

And. This chapter is supplementary to 1 Kings 22:41-43.

strengthened himself. Without this we could not understand his subsequent alliances with the worst of Israel's kings (2Ch 18:1, 2 Chronicles 18:2; 2 Chronicles 20:35; 2 Chronicles 20:36).

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¹ And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

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