2nd Chronicles Chapter 17 verse 6 Holy Bible
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
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His 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.
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And he took courage in the ways of Jehovah; moreover, he removed the high places and Asherahs out of Judah.
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And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
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And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
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His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
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and his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord. Although the verb גָבַהּ often carries a bad sense with it, it quite as often carries with it a good one in the Old Testament, and the typical instance of the former (Psalm 131:1) is fully counterbalanced by Isaiah 52:13. The marginal "was enencouraged may be superseded with advantage by "took courage" (Isaiah 40:29-31). The groves. Supersede this incorrect rendering by the Asherim; and upon the seeming discrepancy, see again ch. 15:17, and "Introduction to Chronicles" there quoted.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) And his heart was lifted up.--Gabhah l?bh, which usually, like the phrase of Authorised version, has a bad meaning, as in 2Chronicles 26:16. The margin is right here: "his courage rose high," or "he grew bold" in the ways of Jehovah, i.e., in the path of religious reform. Vulg., "cum sumpsisset cor ejus audaciam propter vias Domini."Moreover.--And again, further. Referring to 2Chronicles 17:3. Not only did he not seek the Baals, but more than this, he removed the high places, &c. [This is the common explanation. But the sense may rather be: "And he again removed," referring back to Asa's reforms, 2Chronicles 14:5.]Groves.--'Asherim, "Asherahs." (2Chronicles 14:3.) . . .
