Study it in the app“Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to YHWH, Elohim of their fathers.”
Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטlivedוַיֵּשֶׁבin Jerusalem;בִּירוּשָׁלִָםand he went out againוַיָּשָׁב וַיֵּצֵאamong the peopleבָעָםfromמִBeershebaבְּאֵר שֶׁבַעtoעַדthe hill countryהַרof Ephraim,אֶפְרַיִםand brought them backוַיְשִׁיבֵםtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיof their fathers.אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם
Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat: the name of several men; among them David's recorder (2 Samuel 8:16) and a king of Judah (1 Kings 22). It means "YHWH has judged." It is also the name of a valley (Joel 3).
Where else “yehoshafat” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsagain
To do something one more time.
Where else “yashav” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsBeersheba
See it on the mapWhere else “beer” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” 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” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears1Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2Beersheba
Today: Beersheba (Be'er Sheva), Israel
A city at the southern edge of the land of Israel, in the Negev desert, about 47 miles (75 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham and Isaac made agreements there over a well (Gen 21:31; 26:33). "From Dan to Beersheba" meant the whole land.
3But good things are found in you, for you have removed the Asherahs from the land and have set your heart to seek Elohim.”
4 · This verse (above)
5He appointed judges in the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
