Study it in the app“He placed a force in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.”
He placedוַיִּתֶּןa forceחַיִלin allבְּכָלthe fortifiedהַבְּצֻרוֹתcitiesעָרֵיof Judah,יְהוּדָהand setוַיִּתֵּןgarrisonsנְצִיבִיםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Judahיְהוּדָהand in the citiesוּבְעָרֵיof EphraimאֶפְרַיִםthatאֲשֶׁרAsaאָסָאhis fatherאָבִיוhad captured.לָכַד
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appearsarmy
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chayil” appearsfortify
To surround a city with walls.
Where else “betsurot” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsgarrison
A garrison of soldiers.
Where else “netsivim” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsAsa
Asa: a name of uncertain meaning. It is the king of Judah, son of Abijam, who reigned forty-one years and did what was right in the eyes of YHWH (1 Kings 15:9-24); a Levite also bears the name (1 Chronicles 9:16).
Where else “asa” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “lachad” appears1Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.
2 · This verse (above)
3YHWH was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of David his father, and did not seek the Baals,
