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


In Context

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.

7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah to teach in the towns of Judah.

8 With them were certain Levites- Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tob-Adonijah-and the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

2nd 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 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.

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.