2. Tarihler 17

¹Ve onun yerine oğlu Yehoşafat kral oldu ve Yehoşafat İsrail'e karşı gücünü pekiştirdi.

²Yahuda'nın bütün surlu kentlerine askeri güçler yerleştirdi; hem Yahuda kentlerine hem de babası Asa'nın önceden ele geçirmiş olduğu Efrayim kentlerine önderler atadı.

³Ve Rab Yehoşafat ile birlikteydi; çünkü o, babasının ilk yollarında yürüdü ve putları aramadı,

⁴aksine babasının Tanrısı olan Rab'be yöneldi, babasının buyruklarına göre yürüdü ve İsrail'in işleri gibi davranmadı.

⁵Ve Rab onun elindeki krallığı başarıya ulaştırdı; bütün Yahuda Yehoşafat'a hediyeler sundu, böylece onun büyük zenginliği ve yüceliği oldu.

⁶Ve yüreği Rab'bin yolunda yüceldi; dahası, Yahuda topraklarından yüksek yerleri ve kutsal korulukları kaldırdı.

⁷Krallığının üçüncü yılında, Yahuda kentlerinde öğretmeleri için önderlerini ve güçlü adamlarının oğullarını, yani Abdias, Zaharias, Nathanael ve Mihaias'ı gönderdi.

⁸Onlarla birlikte Levililerden Samaias, Nathanias, Zabdias, Asiel, Semiramoth, Ionathan, Adonias ve Tobias'ı ve onlarla birlikte kâhinlerden Elisama ile Ioram'ı gönderdi.

⁹Yanlarında Rab'bin Yasa Kitabı'yla Yahuda'da öğrettiler; Yahuda'nın bütün kentlerini dolaşarak halka öğrettiler.

¹⁰Yahuda'nın çevresindeki ülkelerin bütün krallıklarının üzerine Rab'bin dehşeti çöktü ve Yehoşafat'a karşı savaşmadılar.

¹¹Yabancılardan bazıları Yehoşafat'a hediyeler, gümüş ve armağanlar getirdiler; Araplar da ona yedi bin yedi yüz koyun koçu getirdiler.

¹²Yehoşafat yüksekliğe doğru gittikçe daha da büyüdü, Yahuda'da yerleşim yerleri ve surlu kentler inşa etti.

¹³Yahuda'da pek çok faaliyeti vardı; Yeruşalim'de ise güçlü ve kudretli savaşçıları bulunuyordu.

¹⁴Atalarının evlerine göre sayıları şöyleydi: Yahuda'nın binbaşılarından önder Ednas ve onunla birlikte üç yüz bin güçlü ve yiğit adam;

¹⁵ondan sonra önder Ioanan ve onunla birlikte iki yüz seksen bin kişi;

¹⁶ondan sonra kendini Rab'be adamış olan Zari oğlu Amasias ve onunla birlikte iki yüz bin güçlü ve yiğit adam;

¹⁷Benyamin'den ise güçlü ve yiğit Eliada ve onunla birlikte okçular ve kalkan taşıyan iki yüz bin kişi;

¹⁸ondan sonra Iozabad ve onunla birlikte savaşa hazır yüz seksen bin kişi vardı.

¹⁹Kralın bütün Yahuda'daki surlu kentlere yerleştirdiklerinin dışında, krala hizmet edenler bunlardı.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατίσχυσεν ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ ἐπὶ τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ.

²καὶ ἔδωκε δύναμιν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσιν ᾿Ιούδα ταῖς ὀχυραῖς καὶ κατέστησεν ἡγουμένους ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσιν ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐν πόλεσιν ᾿Εφραίμ, ἃς προκατελάβετο ᾿Ασὰ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.

³καὶ ἐγένετο Κύριος μετὰ ᾿Ιωσαφάτ, ὅτι ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδοῖς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ταῖς πρώταις καὶ οὐκ ἐξεζήτησε τὰ εἴδωλα,

⁴ἀλλὰ Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐξεζήτησε καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπορεύθη, καὶ οὐχ ὡς τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ.

⁵καὶ κατεύθυνε Κύριος τὴν βασιλείαν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκε πᾶς ᾿Ιούδα δῶρα τῷ ᾿Ιωσαφάτ, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα πολλή.

⁶καὶ ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ἐν ὁδῷ Κυρίου, καὶ ἔτι εξῇρε τὰ ὑψηλὰ καὶ τὰ ἄλση ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ᾿Ιούδα.

⁷καὶ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ ἀπέστειλε τοὺς ἡγουμένους αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν δυνατῶν, τὸν ᾿Αβδίαν καὶ Ζαχαρίαν καὶ Ναθαναὴλ καὶ Μιχαίαν, τοῦ διδάσκειν ἐν πόλεσιν ᾿Ιούδα·

⁸καὶ μετ’ αὐτῶν οἱ Λευῖται Σαμαίας καὶ Ναθανίας καὶ Ζαβδίας καὶ ᾿Ασιὴλ καὶ Σεμιραμὼθ καὶ ᾿Ιωνάθαν καὶ ᾿Αδωνίας καὶ Τωβίας, οἱ Λευῖται, καὶ μετ’ αὐτῶν ᾿Ελισαμὰ καὶ ᾿Ιωρὰμ οἱ ἱερεῖς,

⁹καὶ ἐδίδασκον ἐν ᾿Ιούδᾳ, καὶ μετ’ αὐτῶν βίβλος νόμου Κυρίου, καὶ διῆλθον ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐδίδασκον τὸν λαόν.

¹⁰καὶ ἐγένετο ἔκστασις Κυρίου ἐπὶ πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις τῆς γῆς κύκλῳ ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ οὐκ ἐπολέμουν πρὸς ᾿Ιωσαφάτ·

¹¹καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ἔφερον τῷ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ δῶρα καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ δόματα, καὶ οἱ ῎Αραβες ἔφερον αὐτῷ κριοὺς προβάτων ἑπτακισχιλίους ἑπτακοσίους.

¹²καὶ ἦν ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ πορευόμενος μείζων ἕως εἰς ὕψος καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐν τῇ ᾿Ιουδαίᾳ οἰκήσεις καὶ πόλεις ὀχυράς.

¹³καὶ ἔργα πολλὰ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ᾿Ιουδαίᾳ καὶ ἄνδρες πολεμισταὶ δυνατοὶ ἰσχύοντες ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

¹⁴καὶ οὗτος ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτῶν κατ’ οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν· καὶ τῷ ᾿Ιούδᾳ χιλίαρχοι, ῎Εδνας ὁ ἄρχων καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ υἱοὶ δυνατοὶ δυνάμεως τριακόσιαι χιλιάδες·

¹⁵καὶ μετ’ αὐτὸν ᾿Ιωανὰν ὁ ἡγούμενος καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ διακόσιαι ὀγδοήκοντα χιλιάδες·

¹⁶καὶ μετ’ αὐτὸν ᾿Αμασίας ὁ τοῦ Ζαρί, ὁ προθυμούμενος τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ διακόσιαι χιλιάδες δυνατοὶ δυνάμεως.

¹⁷καὶ ἐκ τοῦ Βενιαμὶν δυνατὸς δυνάμεως ᾿Ελιαδὰ καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ τοξόται καὶ πελτασταὶ διακόσιαι χιλιάδες.

¹⁸καὶ μετ’ αὐτὸν ᾿Ιωζαβὰδ καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν ὀγδοήκοντα χιλιάδες δυνατοὶ πολέμου.

¹⁹οὗτοι οἱ λειτουργοῦντες τῷ βασιλεῖ, ἐκτὸς ὧν ἔδωκεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι ταῖς ὀχυραῖς ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ᾿Ιουδαίᾳ.

¹And Josaphat his son reigned in his stead, Josaphat strengthened himself against Israel.

²And he put garrisons in all the strong cities of Juda, and appointed captains in all the cities of Juda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

³And the Lord was with Josaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father, and did not seek to idols;

⁴but he sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in the commandments of his father, and not according to the works of Israel.

⁵And the Lord prospered the kingdom in his hand; and all Juda gave gifts to Josaphat; and he had great wealth and glory.

⁶And his heart was exalted in the way of the Lord; and he removed the high places and the groves from the land of Juda.

⁷And in the third year of his reign, he sent his chief men, and his mighty men, Abdias and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Michaias, to teach in the cities of Juda.

⁸And with them [were] the Levites, Samaias, and Nathanias, and Zabdias, and Asiel, and Semiramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonias, and Tobias, and Tobadonias, Levites, and with them Elisama and Joram, the priests.

⁹And they taught in Juda, and [there was] with them the book of the law of the Lord, and they passed through the cities of Juda, and taught the people.

¹⁰And a terror of the Lord was upon all the kingdoms of the land round about Juda, and they made no war against Josaphat.

¹¹And [some] of the Philistines brought to Josaphat gifts, and silver, and presents; and the Arabians brought him seven thousand seven hundred rams.

¹²And Josaphat increased in greatness exceedingly, and built in Judea places of abode, and strong cities.

¹³And he had many works in Judea: and the mighty men of war, [the men] of strength, [were] in Jerusalem.

¹⁴And this [is] their number according to the houses of their fathers; even the captains of thousands in Juda [were], Ednas the chief, and with him mighty men of strength three hundred thousand.

¹⁵And after him, Joanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand.

¹⁶And after him Amasias the [son] of Zari, who was zealous for the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of strength.

¹⁷And out of Benjamin [there was] a mighty man of strength, even Eliada, and with him two hundred thousand archers and targeteers.

¹⁸And after him Jozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand mighty men of war.

¹⁹These were the king’s servants besides those whom the king put in the strong cities in all Judea.