2 Chronicles 17:3 meaning and explanation
Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,
2 Chronicles 17:3, Berean Standard Bible
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The Chronicler is describing King Jehoshaphat of Judah, who succeeded his father Asa and ruled in the ninth century BC. The verse gives the reason the LORD was with him: he walked in the earlier ways of his ancestor David, the model king, and did not seek out the Baals, the Canaanite deities promoted in the northern kingdom of Israel.
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