2 Chronicles 17:3

And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
Jehoshaphat	יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט ye.ho.sha.Fat	H3092	Jehoshaphat · proper noun, a man's name
walked	הָלַ֗ךְ ha.Lakh	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
first	הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים ha.Ri.sho.Nim	H7223	first · definite article + ordinal number, masculine plural absolute
ways	בְּדַרְכֵ֞י be.dar.Khei	H1870	a road (as trodden) · preposition + noun, common both genders plural construct
father	אָבִיו֙ 'a.Viv	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
David	דָּוִ֤יד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
sought	דָרַ֖שׁ da.Rash	H1875	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Baalim	לַבְּעָלִֽים la.be.'a.Lim	H1168	Baal · preposition with the article + noun, masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Kings 22:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right h…
Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee…
2 Timothy 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
Genesis 39:2-3 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whith…
Judges 6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
Psalms 46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 17:1-9

Here we find concerning Jehoshaphat, I. What a wise man he was. As soon as he came to the crown he strengthened himself against Israel, Ch2 17:1. Ahab, an active warlike prince, had now been three years upon the throne of Israel, the vigour of his beginning falling in with the decay of Asa's conclusion. It is probable that the kingdom of Israel had, of late, got ground of the kingdom of Judah and began to grow formidable to it; so that the first thing Jehoshaphat had to do was to make his part good on that side, and to check the growing greatness of the king of Israel, which he did so effectually, and without bloodshed, that Ahab soon courted his alliance, so far was he from giving him any d…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 17:3

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.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 17:3

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat - "The Word of the Lord was Jehoshaphat's Helper." - Targum.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 17:3

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat,.... Guiding and directing, prospering and succeeding him in all things; he had, no doubt, his gracious presence in spiritual things, as well as his powerful and directing presence in things civil; the Targum is,"the Word of the Lord was for his help;" because he walked in the first ways of his father David; which were his best; some of his last ways not being good, as in the affair of Uriah and Bathsheba, and his numbering of the people; Jehoshaphat followed him in the one, but not in the other: or, "in the ways of David and his father, the first"; the first of them both; for the latter ways of his father Asa were not so good as his first, as the preceding…

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The Church Fathers

Of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, it is written, "And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, who walked in the first ways of David, his father." From this it is clear that Jehoshaphat possessed the justice that David first possessed and that he did not commit the sins that David later committed. "He trusted not in Baalim," he says, "but in the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the sins of Israel. And the Lord established the kingdom in his hand and all Judah brought presents to Jehoshaphat. And he acquired immense wealth and riches and much glory." "And when his heart had taken courage for the ways of the Lord, he took away also the high places and the groves out of Judah."
— Jerome, Against the Pelagians 2.21

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Dictionary and topics

Jehoshaphat · .Religious zeal of — .Religious zeal of
Seekers · .Jehoshaphat — .Jehoshaphat
Seeking God · Exemplified: Jehoshaphat — Exemplified: Jehoshaphat

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 17:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 17:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 17:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 17:3

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 17:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 17:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 17:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 17:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 17:3

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 17:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 17:3-4

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 17:3