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

1Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem. 2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord, and by doing so bring wrath on yourself from the Lord? But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.” 4So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers. 5He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities 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

• thereמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• you have removedבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: destroyH1197
• Asherothאֲשֵׁרָה'ăshêrâh 'ăshêyrâh · AsherahH842
• from the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• have setכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• your heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• to seekדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 19:3

• 2 Chronicles 12:12And when he humbled himself, the anger of the Lord turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and conditions were also good in Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 17:3And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father David’s earlier days and did not seek the Baals,
• 1 Kings 14:13Then all Israel will mourn for him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam’s family will come to the grave, because in him something good was found toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
• Romans 7:18For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not.
• 2 Chronicles 12:14But he did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 30:19everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
• Ezra 7:10For Ezra had firmly resolved to study the Law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.
• Psalms 57:7My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing, yes, 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

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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