2 Chronicles 17 · Verse 4

2 Chronicles 17:4

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

2 Chronicles 17:4 in other translations

BSBbut he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.
WEBbut sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.
ASVbut sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
YLTfor to the God of his father he hath sought, and in His commands he hath walked, and not according to the work of Israel.
DARBYbut he sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
BBEBut turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.
WebsterBut sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

What does 2 Chronicles 17:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 17:3-5

3-5. he walked in the first ways of his father David--He imitated the piety of his great ancestor in the early part of his reign before he made those unhappy lapses which dishonored his character. and sought not unto Baalim--a term used for idols generally in contradistinction to the Lord God of his father.

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2 Chronicles 17:4 in the original Hebrew

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כִּ֠יkiforH3588
לֵֽאלֹהֵ֤יle.lo.Hei<to> [the] God ofH430
אָבִיו֙'a.Vivfather hisH1
דָּרָ֔שׁda.Rashhe soughtH1875
וּבְמִצְוֹתָ֖יוu.ve.mitz.vo.Tavand in commandments hisH4687
הָלָ֑ךְha.Lakhhe walkedH1980
וְלֹ֖אve.Lo'and notH3808
כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הke.ma.'a.Sehaccording to [the] deed[s] ofH4639
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 17:4

  • 1 Kings 12:28

    Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:12

    That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

  • Luke 1:6

    And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

  • Hosea 4:15

    Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth–aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.

  • 2 Kings 17:19

    Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

  • 2 Kings 8:18

    And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:1

    Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

  • 1 Kings 12:33

    So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth–el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

  • 1 Kings 13:33-34

    After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 3:7-8

    And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

  • 1 Kings 12:30

    And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

  • 1 Kings 16:31-33

    And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

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walked.
Lu 1:6; 1Th 2:12; 4:1
not after.
1Ki 12:28,30,33; 13:33,34; 16:31-33; 2Ki 8:18; 17:19; Jer 3:7,8
Ho 4:15

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 17:3

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

  • 2 Chronicles 17:4

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

  • 2 Chronicles 17:5

    Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

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2 Chronicles 17:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sino que buscó al Dios de su padre, y anduvo en sus mandamientos, y no según las obras de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
mais il rechercha le Dieu de son père, et marcha dans ses commandements, et non comme faisait Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
sondern er suchte den Gott seines Vaters, und er wandelte in seinen Geboten und nicht nach dem Tun Israels.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
sed in Deo patris sui: et perrexit in præceptis illius, et non juxta peccata Israël.