2 Chronicles 12:14

And he did rah, because he set not his lev to seek Hashem.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

In Context

13So HaMelech Rechav'am strengthened himself in Yerushalayim, and reigned; for Rechav'am was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Yerushalayim, HaIr that Hashem had chosen out of all the Shivtei Yisroel, to put Shmo there. And the shem immo was Na'amah HaAmmonit.

15Now the acts of Rechav'am, harishonim and ha'acharonim, are they not written in the Divrei Shema'yah HaNavi, and of Iddo HaChozer with genealogies? And there were milchamot between Rechav'am and Yarov'am continually.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:29Ye shall be shomer to do therefore as Hashem Eloheicha hath commanded you; ye shall not turn aside to the right or to the left.

1 Chronicles 29:18Hashem Elohei Avraham, Yitzchak, and of Yisroel, Avoteinu, be shomer over this l'olam in the yetzer (inclination) of the machshevot (thoughts) of the levav of Thy people, and set their lev unto Thee.

2 Chronicles 19:3Nevertheless there are devarim tovim (good things) found in thee, in that thou hast removed HaAsherot from HaAretz, and hast prepared thine lev to seek HaElohim.

Psalms 57:7They have prepared a reshet (net) for my steps; 1 my nefesh is bowed down; 1 they have dug a pit before me, 1 into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. 1 Selah 1

Psalms 78:37For their lev was not right with Him, 1 neither were they faithful in His Brit. 1

Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken baseter (in secret), 1 in a makom eretz choshech; 1 I said not unto the zera Ya'akov: 1 Seek ye Me tohu (in chaos); 1 I am Hashem, the One speaking tzedek, 1 proclaiming meisharim (upright things). 1

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 →

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