2 Chronicles 19:3

2 Chronicles 19:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
• New International Version (NIV)There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless good things are found in you, in that you have removed the wooden images from the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.”

Context of 2 Chronicles 19:3

1King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned to his home in Jerusalem in peace. 2Then Jehu son of the seer Hanani went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the Lord’s wrath is on you. However, some good is found in you, for you have eradicated the Asherah poles from the land and have determined in your heart to seek God.” 4Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their ancestors. 5He appointed judges in all the fortified cities of the land of Judah, city by city.

2 Chronicles 19:3 word by word

אֲבָ֕ל דְּבָרִ֥ים טוֹבִ֖ים נִמְצְא֣וּ עִמָּ֑ךְ כִּֽי־בִעַ֤רְתָּ הָאֲשֵׁרוֹת֙ מִן־הָאָ֔רֶץ וַהֲכִינ֥וֹתָ לְבָבְךָ֖ לִדְרֹ֥שׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neverthelessאֲבָל'ăbâl · trulyH61
• there are goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• thingsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• in thee, in that thou hast taken awayבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: destroyH1197
• the grovesאֲשֵׁרָה'ăshêrâh 'ăshêyrâh · AsherahH842
• out of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and hast preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• thine heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• to seekדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 19:3

• 2 Chronicles 12:12When Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned away from him, and he did not destroy him completely. Besides that, conditions were good in Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 17:3Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his ancestor David. He did not seek the Baals
• 1 Kings 14:13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He alone out of Jeroboam’s house will be given a proper burial because out of the house of Jeroboam something favorable to the Lord God of Israel was found in him.
• Romans 7:18For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.
• 2 Chronicles 12:14Rehoboam did what was evil, because he did not determine in his heart to seek the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 30:19whoever sets his whole heart on seeking God, the Lord, the God of his ancestors, even though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
• Ezra 7:10Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
• Psalms 57:7My heart is confident, God, my heart is confident. I will sing; I will sing praises.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 19:3

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-42Ch 19:1-4. Jehoshaphat Visits His Kingdom. 1-4. Jehoshaphat ... returned to his house in peace--(See 2Ch 18:16). Not long after he had resumed the ordinary functions of royalty in Jerusalem, he was one day disturbed by an unexpected and ominous visit from a prophet of the Lord [2Ch 19:2]. This was Jehu, of whose father we read in 2Ch 16:7. He himself had been called to discharge the prophetic office in Israel. But probably for his bold rebuke to Baasha…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 19:3

• Groves
• Heart
• Iconoclasm
• Jehoshaphat
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• God
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• Jehoshaphat
• Jehoshaphat (2)
• Jehu

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings