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

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

²He placed forces in all the fortified 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.

³Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,

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

⁴but sought to the 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 Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; 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.

⁶His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim 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 his princes, even Ben Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, 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 the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

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

⁹They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of Yahweh with them; and they went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people.

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

¹⁰The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around 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.

¹¹Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male 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.

¹²Jehoshaphat grew 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.

¹³He had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.

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

¹⁴This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, 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 Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;

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

¹⁶and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Yahweh; 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.

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

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

¹⁸and next to him Jehozabad and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready prepared for 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 were those who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

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