2 Chronicles 19:3

3 "But 1there is some good in you, for 2you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you 3have set your heart to seek 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 Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.
2 Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD and so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD ?
3 "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."
4 So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the LORD , the God of their fathers.
5 He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

Cross References 3

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 12:12
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 17:6
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 12:14

Footnotes 2

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