6And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.


In Context

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

4 But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

5 Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

2 Chronicles 17:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:6And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:6His heart was devoted to the ways of the Lord ; furthermore, he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:6And when his heart had taken courage for the ways of the Lord, he took away also the high places and the groves out of Juda.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:6And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:6And he took courage in the ways of Jehovah; moreover, he removed the high places and Asherahs out of Judah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:6And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:6And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:6His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:6and his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah.