2 Chronicles 17:4

for, unto the God of his father, he sought, and, in his commandments, he walked,—and not according to the doing of Israel.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

In Context

3And it came to pass, that, Yahweh, was with Jehoshaphat,—because he walked in the first ways of David his father, and sought not unto the Baalim;

5Therefore did Yahweh establish the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah gave a present unto Jehoshaphat,—and he came to have riches and honour, in abundance.

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Cross References

1 Kings 9:4As for thee, therefore, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, with a whole heart and with uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee,—and, my statutes and my regulations, wilt keep,

1 Kings 12:30And this thing became a sin,—and the people went before the one, as far as Dan.

1 Kings 13:33After this thing, Jeroboam turned not from his wicked way,—but again made, from the whole compass of the people, priests of high places, whomsoever he would, he installed, and he became priest of high places.

2 Kings 8:18And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as did the house of Ahab, for, a daughter of Ahab, became his wife,—and he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 14:6And he built cities of defence, in Judah,—for the land had quiet, nor was there near him any war, in these years, because Yahweh had given him rest.

2 Chronicles 22:9And he sought Ahaziah, and they captured him, he, having hid himself in Samaria, and they brought him unto Jehu, and he put him to death, and they buried him, because, said they, he is, the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart,—and, no one of the house of Ahaziah, had ability for the kingdom.

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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