2nd Chronicles Chapter 17 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndChronicles 17:3

And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,
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BBE 2ndChronicles 17:3

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,
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DARBY 2ndChronicles 17:3

And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;
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KJV 2ndChronicles 17:3

And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
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WBT 2ndChronicles 17:3

And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not to Baalim;
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WEB 2ndChronicles 17:3

Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,
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YLT 2ndChronicles 17:3

And Jehovah is with Jehoshaphat, for he hath walked in the first ways of David his father, and hath not sought to Baalim,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - The first ways of his father David. Although there would be no difficulty in reconciling this statement with history, yet probably the name David should not stand here. It is not in the Septuagint. The most natural and sufficient reference is to Asa. And sought not unto Ballim; literally, to the Baalim; i.e. to the various false gods of surrounding peoples (Judges 2:11), Baal-berith (Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4, 46), Baal-zebub (2 Kings 1:2), Baal-peor (Numbers 23:28, etc.; Numbers 25:3), according to the places where the idolatrous worship was carried on. (For the preposition לְ, "to," after "sought," in this and following verse, see again 1 Chronicles 22:19.)

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) He walked in the first ways.--The former or earlier ways of David, as contrasted with his later conduct--a tacit allusion to the adultery with Bathsheba and other sins of David committed in his later years (2 Samuel 11-24). A few MSS. and the LXX. omit David.And sought not unto Baalim.--And sought not the Baals (d?rash l?, a late construction). The Baals were different local aspects of the sun-god. Here the term no doubt includes the illegal worship of Jehovah under the form of a bullock, as instituted by Jeroboam, and practised in the northern kingdom ("the doing of Israel" 2Chronicles 17:4). Syriac, "and prayed not to images."