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2 Chronicles 17:2

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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.
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  1. 2 Chronicles 15:8Rank 1 from verse 2
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    8And 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. 2 Chronicles 11:11–12Rank 2 from verse 2
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    11And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

    12And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

  3. 2 Chronicles 11:5Rank 3 from verse 2
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    5¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

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2 Chronicles 17:2

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placed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of place, meaning to set, fix, locate, or establish.

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forces

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Sense 1: Strength or power. Sense 2: Troops, armies, or organized bodies used in war.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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fenced

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fence, meaning to enclose, guard, or fortify.

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set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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garrisons

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Bodies of troops stationed to guard places, or the fortified posts occupied by them.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

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1AND Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

2And 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.

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3And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

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