2 Chronicles 12:14
And he did that which was evil, because he did not set his heart to seek LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:29Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their sons forever!
1 Chronicles 29:18O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart to thee.
2 Chronicles 19:3Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set thy heart to seek God.
Psalms 57:7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed. I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
Psalms 78:37For their heart was not right with him, nor were they faithful in his covenant.
Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. I, LORD, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 12:14-16
Jeroboam Defeated by Abijah. ( b. c. 965.) 13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord . 15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of… Read the whole commentary →