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2 Chronicles 17:13

Jerusalem

11 Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.

12 Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah

and kept vast supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had warriors in Jerusalem who were mighty men of valor.

14 These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: From Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;

15 next to him, Jehohanan the commander, and with him 280,000;

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BSB
and kept vast supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had warriors in Jerusalem who were mighty men of valor.
KJV
And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.
WEB
He had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.
ASV
And he had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.
DARBY
And he had much business in the cities of Judah; and men of war, strong and valiant, in Jerusalem.
BLB
And was unto him much property in the cities of Judah, and the men of war, mighty men of valor, [were] in Jerusalem.
ÅB
Han hadde store forråd i Judas byer og stridsdjerve krigsmenn i Jerusalem.
OTB
Han hadde rikelig med forsyninger i byene i Juda, og krigere, tapre menn av styrke, i Jerusalem.
B1930
Han hadde store forråd i Judas byer og stridsdjerve krigsmenn i Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:10–15

    Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

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  • 1 Chronicles 27:25–31

    Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.

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