And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not to Baalim;
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not to Baalim;
And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,
And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not to Baalim;
Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim;
The Lord was with Jehoshaphat - "The Word of the Lord was Jehoshaphat's Helper." - Targum.
The first ways of his father David - The Septuagint and several Hebrew manuscripts omit "David," which has probably crept in from the margin, for David's "first ways" are nowhere else contrasted with his later ways. The real meaning of the writer is, that Jehoshaphat followed the example set by his father Asa in his earlier years 2 Chronicles 14:1-15; 15.
Baalim - On the plural form, see 1 Kings 18:18 note.
17:3 Sought not, &c. - It is true, he recovered from that fall. "Yet perhaps, says Mr. Henry, he never, while he lived, fullyretrieved the spiritual strength he lost by it."