2 Chronicles 19:3
in 2 Chronicles 19However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 19
Commentary
6 notes on this verseIf 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."
This site's exposition
Should you help the wicked
on 2 Chronicles 19:2-3
Jehu son of Hanani meets the king with a question: “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD?” His father Hanani was the prophet Asa jailed for an unwelcome warning. Now the son confronts Asa's son over an alliance with a house that hates the LORD.
This site's exposition
set your heart on seeking God
Jehu's rebuke has a second half: some good is found in the king, the reform recorded at 17:6. Gill reads that good as the fruit of grace in Jehoshaphat, shown in the groves cut down and the heart prepared. Matthew Henry notes that the king took the reproof well.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
Nevertheless, there are good things found in thee,.... Principles of grace, righteousness, and holiness, faith, love, zeal, and other graces, true and genuine, from whence sprung many good works done by him: in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land; cut down the groves of trees, and destroyed the idols and images in them: and hast prepared thine heart to seek God; through the grace of God his heart was disposed to serve and worship the Lord, and to seek his honour and glory.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
He apprised Jehoshaphat that, on account of that grave offense, "wrath was upon him from before the Lord," a judgment that was inflicted soon after (see on 2Ch 20:1-37).
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲבָ֕ל | ʾaval | but | H61 → | 11 times |
| דְּבָרִ֥ים | devarim | things | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| טוֹבִ֖ים | tovim | good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| נִמְצְא֣וּ | nimtzeu | they have been found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| עִמָּ֑ךְ | ʾimakh | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בִעַ֤רְתָּ | viarta | you have removed | H1197 → | 94 times |
| הָאֲשֵׁרוֹת֙ | haasherot | the Asherah poles | H842 → | 40 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וַהֲכִינ֥וֹתָ | vahakhinota | and you have directed | H3559 → | 217 times |
| לְבָבְךָ֖ | levavekha | heart your | H3824 → | 252 times |
| לִדְרֹ֥שׁ | lidrosh | to seek | H1875 → | 164 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִֽים׃ | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
אֲבָ֕לbut
ʾavalH61 →11 times
דְּבָרִ֥יםthings
devarimH1697 →1440 times
טוֹבִ֖יםgood
tovimH2896 →538 times
נִמְצְא֣וּthey have been found
nimtzeuH4672 →455 times
עִמָּ֑ךְwith you
ʾimakhH5973 →1050 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
בִעַ֤רְתָּyou have removed
viartaH1197 →94 times
הָאֲשֵׁרוֹת֙the Asherah poles
haasherotH842 →40 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וַהֲכִינ֥וֹתָand you have directed
vahakhinotaH3559 →217 times
לְבָבְךָ֖heart your
levavekhaH3824 →252 times
לִדְרֹ֥שׁto seek
lidroshH1875 →164 times
הָֽאֱלֹהִֽים׃<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezra 7:10For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
it 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.
- 2 Timothy 4:2
Through
2 Chronicles 30:19who 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.”
it leads to
- Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
- Proverbs 23:26
Through
2 Chronicles 12:12Because 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.
it 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.
- 2 Chronicles 12:6–7
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Basil of Caesarea, ON HUMILITY; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.