2 Chronicles 12:14
And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek the LORD.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:29(5-26) Oh that they had such a heart as this alway, to fear Me, and keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
1 Chronicles 29:18O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever, even the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and direct their heart unto Thee;
2 Chronicles 19:3Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.'
Psalms 57:7(57-8) My heart is stedfast, O God, my heart is stedfast; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
Psalms 78:37For their heart was not stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.
Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob: 'Seek ye Me in vain'; I the 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 →