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

1And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. 2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate the LORD? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before the LORD. Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thine heart to seek God. 4And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD, the God of their fathers. 5And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced 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

• Neverthelessאֲבָל'ăbâl · trulyH61
• goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• putכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• awayמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• Asherothאֲשֵׁרָה'ăshêrâh 'ăshêyrâh · AsherahH842
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• seekדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 19:3

• 2 Chronicles 12:12And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things found.
• 2 Chronicles 17:3And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim;
• 1 Kings 14:13And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave: because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
• Romans 7:18For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.
• 2 Chronicles 12:14And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 30:19that setteth his heart to seek God, the LORD, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
• Ezra 7:10For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
• Psalms 57:7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, 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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• Jehoshaphat (2)
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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