And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.(2 Chronicles 16:13)

And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odorous and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.(2 Chronicles 16:14)

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.(2 Chronicles 17:1)

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.

And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;(2 Chronicles 17:3)

But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.(2 Chronicles 17:4)

Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honor in abundance.(2 Chronicles 17:5)

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2 Chronicles 17:2 - Cross Reference

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 15:8)

And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. (2 Chronicles 11:11)

And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. (2 Chronicles 11:5)