3The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because in his early years he walked in the ways his father David had followed. He did not consult the Baals


In Context

1 Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king and strengthened himself against Israel.

2 He stationed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah and put garrisons in Judah and in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because in his early years he walked in the ways his father David had followed. He did not consult the Baals

4 but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel.

5 The Lord established the kingdom under his control; and all Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and honor.

2nd Chronicles 17:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And the Lord was with Josaphat, because he walked in the first ways of David his father: and trusted not in Baalim,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not to Baalim;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:3And Jehovah is with Jehoshaphat, for he hath walked in the first ways of David his father, and hath not sought to Baalim,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:3And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not to Baalim;