2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 17:3–4

³Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways^a of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, ⁴but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.

Footnotes

a 17:3 Or in his early years he walked in the ways

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2 Chronicles 17:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
was	וַיְהִ֥י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
with	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
Jehoshaphat	יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט	yə·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3092 Jehoshaphat
because	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he walked	הָלַ֗ךְ	hā·laḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
in the earlier	הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים	hā·ri·šō·nîm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H7223 former, first, chief
ways	בְּדַרְכֵ֞י	bə·ḏar·ḵê	Preposition-b; Noun - common plural construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of his father	אָבִיו֙	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
David	דָּוִ֤יד	dā·wîḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
He did not	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
seek	דָרַ֖שׁ	ḏā·raš	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1875 resort to, seek
the Baals	לַבְּעָלִֽים׃	lab·bə·‘ā·lîm	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1168 owner, lord

2 Chronicles 17:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
but	כִּ֠י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he sought	דָּרָ֔שׁ	dā·rāš	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1875 resort to, seek
the God	לֵֽאלֹהֵ֤י	lê·lō·hê	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of his father	אָבִיו֙	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
and walked	הָלָ֑ךְ	hā·lāḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
by His commandments	וּבְמִצְוֺתָ֖יו	ū·ḇə·miṣ·wō·ṯāw	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4687 commandment
rather than	וְלֹ֖א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
the practices	כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה	kə·ma·‘ă·śêh	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4639 deed, work
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel

Cross-references

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2 Chronicles 17:3 Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Kings 22:2 · 2 Timothy 4:22 · Psalm 46:11 · Matthew 28:20 · Judges 6:12 · Genesis 39:21 · Genesis 39:2–3 · Joshua 1:9 · 2 Samuel 5:10 · Joshua 1:5 · 1 Chronicles 22:18

2 Chronicles 17:4 1 Kings 12:28 · Luke 1:6 · 1 Thessalonians 2:12 · 1 Thessalonians 4:1 · Hosea 4:15 · 2 Kings 17:19 · 2 Kings 8:18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.