2 Chronicles 17:2

And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah ,.... A considerable number of soldiers, to defend them should they be attacked:

and set garrisons in the land of Judah : on the frontiers and borders of it, to protect it:

and in the cities of Ephraim ; soldiers to keep garrison there:

which Asa his father had taken ; see 2 Chronicles 15:8 .