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2 Chronicles 17:2

And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

KJV

Constituitque militum numeros in cunctis urbibus Juda quæ erant vallatæ muris. Præsidiaque disposuit in terra Juda, et in civitatibus Ephraim quas ceperat Asa pater ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔδωκεν δύναμιν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσιν Ἰούδα ταῖς ὀχυραῖς, καὶ κατέστησεν ἡγουμένους ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσιν Ἰούδα καὶ ἐν πόλεσιν Ἐφράιμ ἃς προκατελάβετο Ἀσὰ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And he 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.

ASV

וַ/יִּ֨תֶּן חַ֔יִל בְּ/כָל עָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה הַ/בְּצֻר֑וֹת וַ/יִּתֵּ֤ן נְצִיבִים֙ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּ/בְ/עָרֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָכַ֖ד אָסָ֥א אָבִֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JudahEphraimAsaJudah

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶפְרַ֔יִם
'prym
proper_noun · 179×
אָסָ֖א
's'
proper_noun · 57×
בְּצֻר֖וֹת
btsrvt
verb · 37×
הּ
h
verb · 121×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נְצִ֣יב
ntsyb
noun · 12×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 15:8 — 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 t
  • 2Chr 17:19 — These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
  • 2Sam 8:6 — Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.