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2 Chronicles 17:4

2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

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

But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

6 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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BSB
but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.
KJV
But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
WEB
but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.
ASV
but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
DARBY
but he sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
BLB
but the God of his father he sought, and in His commandments he walked, and not according to the acts of Israel.
ÅB
men til sin fars Gud og vandret i hans bud og ikke gjorde som Israel.
OTB
men søkte sin fars Gud, holdt hans bud og gjorde ikke som Israel gjorde.
B1930
men til sin fars Gud og vandret i hans bud og ikke gjorde som Israel.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 12:28

    Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:12

    That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

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  • Luke 1:6

    And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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  • Hosea 4:15

    Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

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  • 2 Kings 17:19

    Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

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  • 2 Kings 8:18

    And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:1

    Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

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  • 1 Kings 12:33

    So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

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