2 Chronicles 17:3
The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and did not seek the Baals,
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Genesis 39:21But the 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 your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."
Joshua 1:9Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid, neither be dismayed: for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Judges 2:18When the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved the Lord because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.
Judges 8:33It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
1 Samuel 18:12Saul was afraid of David, because the 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 →