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

¹And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened 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 he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had taken.

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

³And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;

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

⁴but he sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

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

⁵And Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave gifts to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

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

⁶And he took courage in the ways of Jehovah; moreover, he removed the high places and Asherahs 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 sent his princes, Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethaneel, and Micah, to teach in the 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 Jonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah, 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 taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of Jehovah with them; and they went about through all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people.

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

¹⁰And the terror of Jehovah was upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, and they made no war against 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 some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and tribute-silver. The Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and seven thousand seven hundred he-goats.

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

¹²And Jehoshaphat waxed exceeding great; and he built in Judah castles and store-cities.

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

¹³And he had much business in the cities of Judah; and men of war, strong and valiant, 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 the numbers of them according to their fathers' houses. Of Judah the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valour;

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

¹⁵and next to him was Johanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;

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

¹⁶and next to him, Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Jehovah; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.

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

¹⁷And of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand, armed with bow and shield;

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

¹⁸and next to him was Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war.

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

¹⁹These were they that waited on the king, besides those that the king had put in the fortified cities throughout Judah.