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2 Chronicles 17:7

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Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

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The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Jerusalem was Judah’s capital and the site of the temple, the central place of covenant worship. In Jehoshaphat’s third year, instruction was sent out from Jerusalem’s religious and royal center to teach the people throughout Judah the Law of the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 17:7 mentions Jerusalem.

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