2 Chronicles 19:4

And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.

And Jehoshaphat {H3092} dwelt {H3427} at Jerusalem {H3389}: and he went out {H3318} again {H7725} through the people {H5971} from Beersheba {H884} to mount {H2022} Ephraim {H669}, and brought them back {H7725} unto the LORD {H3068} God {H430} of their fathers {H1}.

So Y'hoshafat lived in Yerushalayim and again circulated among the people from Be'er-Sheva to the hills of Efrayim, bringing them back to ADONAI, the God of their ancestors.

Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 15:8 (3 votes)

    ¶ And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that [was] before the porch of the LORD.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:13 (3 votes)

    That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

  • 1 Samuel 7:3 (2 votes)

    ¶ And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, [then] put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 Samuel 7:4 (2 votes)

    Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

  • Malachi 4:6 (2 votes)

    And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

  • 1 Samuel 7:15 (2 votes)

    And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

  • 1 Samuel 7:17 (2 votes)

    And his return [was] to Ramah; for there [was] his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.