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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 17:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 17:3 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] was with Jehoshaphat [03092], because he walked [01980] in the first [07223] ways [01870] of his father [01] David [01732], and sought [01875] not unto Baalim [01168]; |
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King James |
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
he walked in the first ways of his father David--He imitated the piety of his great ancestor in the early part of his reign before he made those unhappy lapses which dishonored his character.
and sought not unto Baalim--a term used for idols generally in contradistinction to the Lord God of his father. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The first ways of his father David - The Septuagint and several Hebrew manuscripts omit "David," which has probably crept in from the margin, for David's "first ways" are nowhere else contrasted with his later ways. The real meaning of the writer is, that Jehoshaphat followed the example set by his father Asa in his earlier years Ch2 14:1-15; 15.
Baalim - On the plural form, see Kg1 18:18 note. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
father
After the Jewish custom of calling a family, or tribal head, father; for example (Joh 8:53). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Sought not, &c. - It is true, he recovered from that fall. "Yet perhaps, says Mr. Henry, he never, while he lived, fully retrieved the spiritual strength he lost by it." |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Lord was with Jehoshaphat - "The Word of the Lord was Jehoshaphat's Helper." - Targum. |
18 And he answered [0559], I have not troubled [05916] Israel [03478]; but thou, and thy father's [01] house [01004], in that ye have forsaken [05800] the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068], and thou hast followed [03212] [0310] Baalim [01168].
1 So Abijah [029] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and they buried [06912] him in the city [05892] of David [01732]: and Asa [0609] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead. In his days [03117] the land [0776] was quiet [08252] ten [06235] years [08141].
2 And Asa [0609] did [06213] that which was good [02896] and right [03477] in the eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068] his God [0430]:
3 For he took away [05493] the altars [04196] of the strange [05236] gods, and the high places [01116], and brake down [07665] the images [04676], and cut down [01438] the groves [0842]:
4 And commanded [0559] Judah [03063] to seek [01875] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01], and to do [06213] the law [08451] and the commandment [04687].
5 Also he took away [05493] out of all the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] the high places [01116] and the images [02553]: and the kingdom [04467] was quiet [08252] before [06440] him.
6 And he built [01129] fenced [04694] cities [05892] in Judah [03063]: for the land [0776] had rest [08252], and he had no war [04421] in those years [08141]; because the LORD [03068] had given him rest [05117].
7 Therefore he said [0559] unto Judah [03063], Let us build [01129] these cities [05892], and make about [05437] them walls [02346], and towers [04026], gates [01817], and bars [01280], while the land [0776] is yet before [06440] us; because we have sought [01875] the LORD [03068] our God [0430], we have sought [01875] him, and he hath given us rest [05117] on every side [05439]. So they built [01129] and prospered [06743].
8 And Asa [0609] had an army [02428] of men that bare [05375] targets [06793] and spears [07420], out of Judah [03063] three [07969] hundred [03967] thousand [0505]; and out of Benjamin [01144], that bare [05375] shields [04043] and drew [01869] bows [07198], two hundred [03967] and fourscore [08084] thousand [0505]: all these were mighty men [01368] of valour [02428].
9 And there came out [03318] against them Zerah [02226] the Ethiopian [03569] with an host [02428] of a thousand [0505] thousand [0505], and three [07969] hundred [03967] chariots [04818]; and came [0935] unto Mareshah [04762].
10 Then Asa [0609] went out [03318] against [06440] him, and they set the battle [04421] in array [06186] in the valley [01516] of Zephathah [06859] at Mareshah [04762].
11 And Asa [0609] cried [07121] unto the LORD [03068] his God [0430], and said [0559], LORD [03068], it is nothing with thee to help [05826], whether [0996] with many [07227], or with them that have no power [03581]: help [05826] us, O LORD [03068] our God [0430]; for we rest [08172] on thee, and in thy name [08034] we go [0935] against this multitude [01995]. O LORD [03068], thou art our God [0430]; let not man [0582] prevail [06113] against thee.
12 So the LORD [03068] smote [05062] the Ethiopians [03569] before [06440] Asa [0609], and before [06440] Judah [03063]; and the Ethiopians [03569] fled [05127].
13 And Asa [0609] and the people [05971] that were with him pursued [07291] them unto Gerar [01642]: and the Ethiopians [03569] were overthrown [05307], that they could not recover [04241] themselves; for they were destroyed [07665] before [06440] the LORD [03068], and before [06440] his host [04264]; and they carried away [05375] very [03966] much [07235] spoil [07998].
14 And they smote [05221] all the cities [05892] round about [05439] Gerar [01642]; for the fear [06343] of the LORD [03068] came upon them: and they spoiled [0962] all the cities [05892]; for there was exceeding much [07227] spoil [0961] in them.
15 They smote [05221] also the tents [0168] of cattle [04735], and carried away [07617] sheep [06629] and camels [01581] in abundance [07230], and returned [07725] to Jerusalem [03389].
53 Art [3361] [1488] thou [4771] greater than [3187] our [2257] father [3962] Abraham [11], which [3748] is dead [599]? and [2532] the prophets [4396] are dead [599]: whom [5101] makest [4160] thou [4771] thyself [4572]?