2 Chronicles 12 · Verse 14

2 Chronicles 12:14

And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.
2 Chronicles 12:14, King James Version

2 Chronicles 12:14 in other translations

BSBAnd Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
WEBHe did that which was evil, because he didn’t set his heart to seek the LORD.
ASVAnd he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.
YLTand he doth the evil thing, for he hath not prepared his heart to seek Jehovah.
DARBYAnd he did evil, for he applied not his heart to seek Jehovah.
BBEAnd he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.
WebsterAnd he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

What does 2 Chronicles 12:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 12:13-14

13-14. Rehoboam strengthened ... and reigned--The Egyptian invasion had been a mere predatory expedition, not extending beyond the limits of Judah, and probably, ere long, repelled by the invaded. Rehoboam's government acquired new life and vigor by the general revival of true religion, and his reign continued many years after the departure of Shishak. But he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord--that is, he did…

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2 Chronicles 12:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֖עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he didH6213
הָרָ֑עha.Ra'<the> evilH7451
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
הֵכִין֙he.Khinhe had directedH3559
לִבּ֔וֹli.Boheart hisH3820
לִדְר֖וֹשׁlid.Ro.oshto seekH1875
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 12:14

  • 2 Chronicles 19:3

    Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:58

    Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

  • 1 Corinthians 16:13

    Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

  • Isaiah 45:19

    I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

  • Ezekiel 33:31

    And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

  • Isaiah 55:6-7

    Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  • Psalms 78:37

    For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

  • Psalms 105:3-4

    Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

  • Psalms 78:8

    And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:16

    And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:19

    That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

  • Psalms 57:7

    My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he prepared. Heb. he fixed.
11:16; 19:3; 30:19; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ch 29:18; Ps 57:7; 78:8,37; 1Co 15:58
1Co 16:13
to seek.
De 5:29; Ps 105:3,4; Isa 45:19; 55:6,7; Eze 33:31; Mt 7:7

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 12:13

    So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:14

    And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:15

    Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

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2 Chronicles 12:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
E hizo lo malo, porque no apercibió su corazón para buscar á Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais il fit le mal; car il n’appliqua pas son cœur à rechercher l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er tat, was böse war; denn er richtete sein Herz nicht darauf, Jehova zu suchen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fecit autem malum, et non præparavit cor suum ut quæreret Dominum.