2 Chronicles 17:6
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 14:3 records Asa removing high places and groves — the same reform Jehoshaphat continued, showing filial obedience.
2 Chronicles 15:17 notes Asa's heart was perfect despite not removing high places — a contrast with Jehoshaphat who did remove them.
In 2 Chronicles 19:3, the prophet Jehu commends Jehoshaphat for removing the Asherim, directly echoing the reform recorded here.
In 2 Chronicles 20:33, it states the high places were not removed, contrasting with Jehoshaphat's earlier removal here — a tension or later relapse.
In 2 Chronicles 31:1, Hezekiah's reforms of destroying high places and groves mirror Jehoshaphat's earlier actions, continuing the pattern.
In 2 Chronicles 34:3-7, Josiah's purging of high places and groves directly parallels Jehoshaphat's earlier reform, a recurring motif in Chronicles.
In 1 Kings 22:43, Jehoshaphat is said not to have removed the high places, directly contradicting the claim here — a well-known discrepancy.
Psalm 18:21 echoes keeping the ways of the LORD, the same phrase for Jehoshaphat's devotion in 2 Chronicles 17:6.
Hosea 14:9 declares the ways of the LORD are right and the just walk in them — Jehoshaphat exemplifies walking in those ways.
Acts 13:10 rebukes Elymas for perverting the right ways of the Lord — in contrast to Jehoshaphat who followed them faithfully.