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.


In Context

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

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

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

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

7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

8 and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the 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 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.

The American 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.