And he [a]lifted up his heart unto the ways of the Lord, and he took away moreover the high places and the groves out of Judah.

¶ And in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, Ben-Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Michaiah, that they should [b]teach in the cities of Judah,

And with them Levites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites, and with them Elishama and Jehoram, Priests.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 17:6 He gave himself wholly to serve the Lord.
  2. 2 Chronicles 17:7 He knew it was in vain to profess religion, except such were appointed which could instruct the people in the same, and had authority to put away all idolatry.

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