Bible in Basic English
"And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,"
— 2 Chronicles 17:3, Bible in Basic English
“And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim, ”
And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel.
He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,
But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.
So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.
His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.