2nd Chronicles Chapter 12 verse 14 Holy Bible
And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.
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And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.
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And he did evil, for he applied not his heart to seek Jehovah.
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And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
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And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
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He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart to seek Yahweh.
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and he doth the evil thing, for he hath not prepared his heart to seek Jehovah.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - These summarizing moral estimates of the character of the succeeding kings are, indeed, common to the compilers of both Chronicles and Kings, though absent, in the case of Rehoboam, from the parallel.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) And he did evil.--Syriac adds "before the Lord." The nature of his evil-doing is explained immediately: "for he directed not his heart to seek Jehovah." This estimate of Rehoboam's conduct seems to refer to the early years of his reign, which ended in the catastrophe of Shishak's invasion. 1Kings 14:22, says, "And Judah did evil in the eyes of Jehovah "; and then goes on to tell of the acts of apostacy which brought that judgment upon the nation.The phrase "direct or prepare the heart to seek the Lord," recurs 2Chronicles 19:3; 2Chronicles 30:19; Ezra 7:10.The book.--History.Concerning genealogies.--For registration (lehithyah?sh). On the authorities here named, see the Introduction. The important particulars about the reign which are not given in Kings, e.g., the fortification of the southern cities, the migration of the priests, and Rehoboam's private relations, were probably drawn by the chronicler from these sources. . . .
