¹A kraľoval Jozafat, jeho syn, miesto neho. A zmocnil sa proti Izraelovi.

¹And Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead, and he strengtheneth himself against Israel,

²A umiestil vojsko po všetkých mestách Júdových, ktoré boly ohradené. Rozložil i posádky stráže v zemi Júdovej a po mestách Efraimových, ktoré zaujal Aza, jeho otec.

²and putteth a force in all the fenced cities of Judah, and putteth garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.

³A Hospodin bol s Jozafatom, lebo chodil po prvých cestách Dávida, svojho otca, a nevyhľadával Bálov.

³And Jehovah is with Jehoshaphat, for he hath walked in the first ways of David his father, and hath not sought to Baalim,

⁴Ale hľadal Boha svojho otca a chodil v jeho prikázaniach a nerobil tak, ako robil Izrael.

⁴for to the God of his father he hath sought, and in His commands he hath walked, and not according to the work of Israel.

⁵Preto Hospodin upevnil kráľovstvo v jeho ruke, a dali všetci obyvatelia Júdovi Jozafatovi dary, takže mal hojne bohatstva a slávy.

⁵And Jehovah doth establish the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah give a present to Jehoshaphat, and he hath riches and honour in abundance,

⁶A keď sa povznieslo jeho srdce na cestách Hospodinových, odstránil ešte aj výšiny i háje z Júdu.

⁶and his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah.

⁷A v treťom roku svojho kraľovania poslal svoje kniežatá, Benchaila, Obadiáša, Zachariáša, Natanaela a Michaiáša, aby učili po mestách Júdových.

⁷And in the third year of his reign he hath sent for his heads, for Ben-Hail, and for Obadiah, and for Zechariah, and for Nethaneel, and for Michaiah, to teach in cities of Judah,

⁸A išli s nimi Levitovia Šemaiáš, Netaniáš, Zebadiáš, Azael, Šemiramót, Jonatán, Adoniáš, Tobiáš a Tobadoniáš, Levitovia, a s nimi Elišama a Jehorám, kňazi.

⁸and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijath, and Tob-Adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

⁹A tak učili po Judsku majúc so sebou knihu zákona Hospodinovho a chodili dookola po všetkých mestách Júdových a učili medzi ľudom.

⁹And they teach in Judah, and with them [is] the Book of the Law of Jehovah, and they go round about into all cities of Judah, and teach among the people.

¹⁰A bol strach Hospodinov na všetkých kráľovstvách zemí, ktoré boly vôkol Judska, a nebojovaly proti Jozafatovi.

¹⁰And here is a fear of Jehovah on all kingdoms of the lands that [are] round about Judah, and they have not fought with Jehoshaphat;

¹¹A z Filištínov donášali rôzni Jozafatovi dary i striebra uloženú daň. Aj Arabovia mu dovádzali drobný dobytok, po každé sedem tisíc sedemsto baranov a kozlov tiež sedem tisíc sedemsto.

¹¹and of the Philistines they are bringing in to Jehoshaphat a present, and tribute silver; also, the Arabians are bringing to him a flock, rams seven thousand an seven hundred, and he-goats seven thousand and seven hundred.

¹²A tak prospieval Jozafat a rástol až vysoko. A vystavil v Judsku zámky a mestá skladíšť.

¹²And Jehoshaphat is going on and becoming very great, and he buildeth in Judah palaces and cities of store,

¹³A konal mnohé práce veliké v judských mestách a bojovníkov, udatných mužov, mal v Jeruzaleme.

¹³and he hath much work in cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty of valour, [are] in Jerusalem.

¹⁴A toto je ich počet podľa domu ich otcov. Z Júdu velitelia nad tisícami: veliteľ Adna a s ním udatných mužov tristo tisíc.

¹⁴And these [are] their numbers, for the house of their fathers: Of Judah, heads of thousands, Adnah the head, and with him mighty ones of valour, three hundred chiefs.

¹⁵Vedľa neho veliteľ Jehochanan a s ním dvesto osemdesiat tisíc.

¹⁵And at his hand [is] Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty chiefs.

¹⁶A vedľa toho Amaziáš, syn Zichriho, ktorý sa dobrovoľne oddal Hospodinovi, a s ním dvesto tisíc udatných mužov.

¹⁶And at his hand [is] Amasiah son of Zichri, who is willingly offering himself to Jehovah, and with him two hundred chiefs, mighty of valour.

¹⁷Z Benjamina: udatný muž Eljada a s ním ozbrojených lučišťom a malým štítom dvesto tisíc.

¹⁷And of Benjamin: mighty of valour, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs.

¹⁸A vedľa neho Jehozabad a s ním sto osemdesiat tisíc vyzbrojených do boja.

¹⁸And at his hand [is] Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty chiefs, armed ones of the host.

¹⁹Tí posluhovali kráľovi, krome tých, ktorých umiestil kráľ v ohradených mestách po celom Judsku.

¹⁹These [are] those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the cities of fortress, in all Judah.