Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 2 Chronicles 17:19 in English Standard Version "These were in the service of the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah." 2Ch 17:2 He placed forces 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.