2 Chronicles 17:3
And LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David, and did not seek for the Baalim,
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Genesis 39:21But LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Exodus 4:12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shall speak.
Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage. Be not frightened, neither be thou dismayed, for LORD thy God is with thee wherever thou go.
Judges 2:18And when LORD raised up judges for them, then LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For LORD regretted because of their groaning because of those who oppressed them and
Judges 8:33And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
1 Samuel 18:12And Saul was afraid of David because LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 17:2-10
Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa. ( b. c. 914.) 1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 3 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; 4 But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of… Read the whole commentary →