2 Chronicles 19:3 BSB

2 Chronicles 19:3

However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Basil of Caesarea

ON HUMILITY (379)

If you see your neighbor committing sin, take care not to dwell exclusively on his sin, but think of the many things he has done and continues to do rightly. Many times, by examining the whole and not taking the part only into account, you will find that he is better than you. God does not examine humans according to the part, for he says, "I come to gather together their works and thoughts."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The return of duty which Jehoshaphat made to God for this favour. he took the reproof well, was not wroth with the seer as his father was, but submitted. Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲבָ֕ל	'a.Val	but	H61 →
דְּבָרִ֥ים	de.va.Rim	things	H1697 →
טוֹבִ֖ים	to.Vim	good	H2896 →
נִמְצְא֣וּ	nim.tze.'U	they have been found	H4672 →
עִמָּ֑ךְ	'i.Makh	with you	H5973 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
בִעַ֤רְתָּ	vi.'Ar.ta	you have removed	H1197 →
הָאֲשֵׁרוֹת֙	ha.'a.she.rOt	the Asherah poles	H842 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הָאָ֔רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
וַהֲכִינ֥וֹתָ	va.ha.khi.No.ta	and you have directed	H3559 →
לְבָבְךָ֖	le.va.ve.Kha	heart your	H3824 →
לִדְרֹ֥שׁ	lid.Rosh	to seek	H1875 →
הָֽאֱלֹהִֽים׃	Ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezra 7:10
For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:2
  Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
- Malachi 2:7
  For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
- Matthew 7:24
  Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- John 13:17
  If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- Psalms 1:2
  But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
Through
2 Chronicles 30:19
who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
leads to
- Proverbs 23:26
  My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
Through
2 Chronicles 12:12
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 12:6–7
  So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
- Lamentations 3:22
  Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 2 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 2 Chronicles