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


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.

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

2nd Chronicles 17:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4But sought to the [LORD] God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:4But in the God of his father, and walk in his commandments, and not according to the sins of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:4but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4but he sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:4but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4for to the God of his father he hath sought, and in His commands he hath walked, and not according to the work of Israel.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.