2 Chronicles 17:3

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father, David. And he did not trust in the Baals,

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In The King James Version

And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

In Context

2And he appointed numbers of soldiers in all the cities of Judah that had been fortified with walls. And he placed garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

4but in the God of his father. And he advanced in his precepts, and not according to the sins of Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 39:21But the Lord was with Joseph, and, having mercy on him, he gave him favor in the sight of the leader of the prison,

Exodus 4:12Go on, therefore, and I will be in your mouth. And I will teach you what you shall say.”

Joshua 1:9Behold, I am instructing you. Be strengthened, and be steadfast. Do not dread, and do not fear. For the Lord your God is with you in all things, wherever you may go.”

Judges 2:18And while the Lord was raising up the judges, in their days, he was moved to mercy, and he listened to the groaning of the afflicted, and he freed them from the slaughter of their oppressors.

Judges 8:33But after Gideon died, the sons of Israel turned away, and they committed fornication with the Baals. And they struck a covenant with Baal, so that he would be their god.

1 Samuel 18:12And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, but he had withdrawn from Saul.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 →

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