2 Chronicles 17 · Verse 6

2 Chronicles 17:6

And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
2 Chronicles 17:6, King James Version

2 Chronicles 17:6 in other translations

BSBAnd his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
WEBHis heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah.
ASVAnd his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
YLTand his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah.
DARBYAnd he took courage in the ways of Jehovah; moreover, he removed the high places and Asherahs out of Judah.
BBEHis heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.
WebsterAnd his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

What does 2 Chronicles 17:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord--Full of faith and piety, he possessed zeal and courage to undertake the reformation of manners, to suppress all the works and objects of idolatry (see on 2Ch 20:33), and he held out public encouragement to the pure worship of God. 2Ch 17:7-11. He Sends Levites to Teach in Judah.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

2 Chronicles 17:6 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.

וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּvai.yig.Bahand it was highH1361
לִבּ֖וֹli.Boheart hisH3820
בְּדַרְכֵ֣יbe.dar.Kheiin [the] ways ofH1870
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְע֗וֹדve.'odand againH5750
הֵסִ֛ירhe.Sirhe removedH5493
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַבָּמ֥וֹתha.ba.Motthe high placesH1116
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖יםha.'a.she.Rimthe Asherah polesH842
מִיהוּדָֽה\׃\ \פmi.hu.Dahfrom JudahH3063

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 17:6

  • Hosea 14:9

    Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  • Psalms 119:1

    א ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:33

    Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:17

    But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

  • 1 Kings 22:43

    And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:3-7

    For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. …

  • Psalms 138:5

    Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 18:21-22

    For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:3

    For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

  • Job 22:26

    For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

  • 2 Chronicles 31:1

    Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
his heart.
De 28:47; Job 22:26
lifted up. that is, was encouraged. in the ways.
Ps 18:21,22; 119:1; 138:5; Ho 14:9; Ac 13:10
he took away.
14:3; 15:17; 19:3; 20:33; 31:1; 34:3-7; 1Ki 22:43

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Context

  • 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 17:6

    And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

  • 2 Chronicles 17:7

    Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben–hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

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2 Chronicles 17:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y animóse su corazón en los caminos de Jehová, y quitó los altos y los bosques de Judá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il prit courage dans les voies de l’ Éternel, et de plus, il ôta de Juda les hauts lieux et les ashères.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sein Herz gewann Mut auf den Wegen Jehovas, und er tat noch die Höhen und die Ascherim aus Juda hinweg.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque sumpsisset cor ejus audaciam propter vias Domini, etiam excelsa et lucos de Juda abstulit.