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Young's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 19:3

but good things have been found with thee, for thou hast put away the shrines out of the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Groves;   Heart;   Iconoclasm;   Jehoshaphat;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Preparation;   Readiness-Unreadiness;   Reforms, Religious;   Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Heart, Character of the Renewed;   Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehu;   Justice;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehu;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jehu;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Je'hu;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Jehoshaphat (2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jehoshaphat;   Jehu;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
However, some good is found in you, for you have eradicated the Asherah poles from the land and have decided to seek God.”
Hebrew Names Version
Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asherot out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."
New Century Version
But there is some good in you. You took the Asherah idols out of this country, and you have tried to obey God."
New English Translation
Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord ."
Amplified Bible
"But there are some good things found in you, for you have removed the Asherim (idols) from the land and you have set your heart to seek God [with all your soul's desire]."
New American Standard Bible
"But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God."
World English Bible
Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Neuertheles good things are found in thee, because thou hast taken away ye groues out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seeke God.
Legacy Standard Bible
But some good has been found in you, for you have purged the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God."
Berean Standard Bible
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."
Contemporary English Version
But not everything about you is bad. You destroyed the sacred poles used in worshiping the goddess Asherah—that shows you have tried to obey the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
Still, there is some good in you, in that you have removed the sacred poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God."
Darby Translation
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee; for thou hast put away the Asherahs out of the land, and hast directed thy heart to seek God.
Easy-to-Read Version
Fortunately, you did some good things in your life. You did remove the Asherah poles from this country, and you did decide to ask God for his advice."
George Lamsa Translation
But I believe good reports have been heard about you, in that you have not shed innocent blood in the land and have prepared your heart to pray before the LORD in truth.
Good News Translation
But even so, there is some good in you. You have removed all the symbols of the goddess Asherah which people worshiped, and you have tried to follow God's will."
Lexham English Bible
Nevertheless some good things have been found in regard to you, for you burned the Asherahs out of the land and set your heart to seek God."
Literal Translation
But good things have been found with you, for you have burned the Asherahs out of the land, and have fixed your heart to seek God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
neuertheles there is some good founde in the, that thou hast put the groues out of the londe, and hast prepared thine hert to seke God.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse, there are some good actes founde in thee, in that thou hast hewen downe the groues out of the lande, and hast prepared thyne heart to seke God.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.'
King James Version (1611)
Neuerthelesse, there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groues out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seeke God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Nevertheless some good things have been found in thee, forasmuch as thou didst remove the groves from the land of Juda, and didst direct thine heart to seek after the Lord.
English Revised Version
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thine heart to seek God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but good werkis ben foundyn in thee, for thou didist awey wodis fro the lond of Juda, and thou hast maad redi thin herte, for to seke the Lord God of thi fadris.
Update Bible Version
Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.
Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless, there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.
New King James Version
Nevertheless good things are found in you, in that you have removed the wooden images from the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God."
New Living Translation
Even so, there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles throughout the land, and you have committed yourself to seeking God."
New Life Bible
But there is some good in you. For you have destroyed from the land the false goddess Asherah. And you have set your heart to follow God."
New Revised Standard
Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the sacred poles out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
howbeit, good things, are found with thee,-for that thou hast consumed the Sacred Stems out of the land, and hast fixed thy heart to seek God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But good works are found in thee, because thou hast taken away the groves out of the land of Juda, and hast prepared thy heart to seek the Lord the God of thy fathers.
Revised Standard Version
Nevertheless some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Ashe'rahs out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God."

Contextual Overview

1 And Jehoshaphat king of Judah turneth back unto his house in peace to Jerusalem, 2 and go out unto his presence doth Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, and saith unto king Jehoshaphat, `To give help to the wicked, and to those hating Jehovah, dost thou love? and for this against thee [is] wrath from before Jehovah, 3 but good things have been found with thee, for thou hast put away the shrines out of the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.' 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelleth in Jerusalem, and he turneth back and goeth out among the people from Beer-Sheba unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and bringeth them back unto Jehovah, God of their fathers.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

good things: 2 Chronicles 12:12, 2 Chronicles 17:3-6, 1 Kings 14:13, Romans 7:18

prepared: 2 Chronicles 12:14, 2 Chronicles 30:19, Ezra 7:10, Psalms 57:7

Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:23 - General Deuteronomy 12:3 - and burn 1 Kings 22:43 - doing 2 Kings 3:14 - I regard 2 Kings 18:4 - brake 2 Chronicles 17:6 - he took away 2 Chronicles 20:3 - seek the Lord 2 Chronicles 20:33 - had not 2 Chronicles 27:6 - prepared Job 11:13 - prepare Psalms 14:2 - seek Psalms 53:2 - seek Psalms 78:8 - set not Psalms 119:112 - inclined Isaiah 55:6 - Seek Jeremiah 22:1 - Go Lamentations 3:25 - unto Luke 18:2 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
And Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him,
Genesis 19:8
lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as [is] good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow of my roof.'
Genesis 19:28
and he looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and seeth, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace.
Genesis 19:29
And it cometh to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 21:8
And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;
Exodus 12:15
Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only -- in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel.
Exodus 12:39
And they bake with the dough which they have brought out from Egypt unleavened cakes, for it hath not fermented; for they have been cast out of Egypt, and have not been able to delay, and also provision they have not made for themselves.
Judges 6:19
And Gideon hath gone in, and prepareth a kid of the goats, and of an ephah of flour unleavened things; the flesh he hath put in a basket, and the broth he hath put in a pot, and he bringeth out unto Him, unto the place of the oak, and bringeth [it] nigh.
1 Samuel 28:24
And the woman hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things,
2 Kings 4:8
And the day cometh that Elisha passeth over unto Shunem, and there [is] a great woman, and she layeth hold on him to eat bread, and it cometh to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turneth aside thither to eat bread,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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