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

¹In zakraljeval je Josafat, sin njegov, na mestu njegovem in se je ojačil zoper Izraela.

²And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

²Kajti namestil je vojaštvo po vseh utrjenih mestih Judovih in postavil posadke po deželi Judovi in po mestih Efraimovih, ki jih je bil pridobil Asa, oče njegov.

³And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

³In GOSPOD je bil z Josafatom, kajti hodil je po prvih potih Davidovih in ni maral za Baale.

⁴But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

⁴Temuč iskal je Boga očeta svojega, živeč po zapovedih njegovih, in ni delal kakor Izrael.

⁵Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

⁵Zato je utrdil GOSPOD kraljestvo v roki njegovi; in ves Juda mu je prinašal darila, in imel je obilo bogastva in časti.

⁶And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

⁶In ko se mu je srce ohrabrilo na potih GOSPODOVIH, je poslej odpravil višave in Ašere z Judovega.

⁷Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

⁷In v tretjem letu kraljevanja svojega pošlje poglavarje: Benhaila, Obadija, Zeharija, Netanela in Mikaja, da bi učili v mestih Judovih,

⁸And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

⁸in ž njimi levite: Semaja, Netanija, Zebadija, Asahela, Semiramota, Jonatana, Adonija, Tobija, Tobadonija, levite, in ž njimi Elisama in Jorama, duhovnika.

⁹And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

⁹In učili so po Judovem, imajoč s seboj knjigo zakona GOSPODOVEGA, in hodili so okrog po vseh mestih Judovih in učili ljudstvo.

¹⁰And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

¹⁰In strah od GOSPODA je obšel vsa kraljestva dežel, ki so bile okoli Jude, da se niso bojevali zoper Josafata.

¹¹Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.

¹¹In nekateri Filistejcev so prinašali darila Josafatu in srebro v davek; tudi Arabci so mu pripeljali drobnice, sedem tisoč sedemsto ovnov in sedem tisoč sedemsto kozlov.

¹²And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.

¹²Tako je Josafat rastel in bil čimdalje večji, in sezidal je na Judovem gradove in mesta za skladišča.

¹³And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem.

¹³In je imel velike priprave v mestih Judovih in vojščake, vrle junake v Jeruzalemu.

¹⁴And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand.

¹⁴In to je njih razvrstitev po njih očetovskih družinah: v Judi so bili poveljniki čez tisoč: Adna poveljnik in ž njim je bilo hrabrih junakov tristo tisoč;

¹⁵And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.

¹⁵in poleg njega je bil Johanan poveljnik in ž njim jih je bilo dvesto in osemdeset tisoč;

¹⁶And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.

¹⁶in poleg njega je bil Amasija, sin Zihrijev, ki se je radovoljno daroval GOSPODU, in ž njim je bilo dvesto tisoč vrlih junakov.

¹⁷And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

¹⁷V Benjaminu pa: Eliada, hraber junak, in ž njim dvesto tisoč oboroženih z lokom in ščitom;

¹⁸And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.

¹⁸in poleg njega je bil Jozabad in ž njim sto in osemdeset tisoč, z orožjem pripravljenih na boj.Ti so vsi stregli kralju, razen tistih, ki jih je bil kralj namestil v utrjenih mestih po vsem Judovem.

¹⁹These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

¹⁹Ti so vsi stregli kralju, razen tistih, ki jih je bil kralj namestil v utrjenih mestih po vsem Judovem.