“So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor.”
2 Chronicles 17:5 (BSB)
Context Reading
3Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, 4but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel. 5So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor. 6And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah. 7In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,