2 Chronicles 19:3

3 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.”

2 Chronicles 19:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 19:3

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.

2 Chronicles 19:3 In-Context

1 When King Jehoshaphat of Judah arrived safely home in Jerusalem,

2 Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. “Why should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD ?” he asked the king. “Because of what you have done, the LORD is very angry with you.

3 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.”

4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, but he went out among the people, traveling from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, encouraging the people to return to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

5 He appointed judges throughout the nation in all the fortified towns,