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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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.

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

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,

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

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.

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

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.

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

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;

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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;

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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