2 Chronicles 19:3

3 Nevertheless, ¹some good is found in you, for ²you destroyed the Asherahs out of the land, and have ³set 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 Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.

2 But 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? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the LORD.

3 Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asherahs out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."

4 Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem. And he 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

• 1. 2 Chronicles 12:12; 1 Kings 14:13
• 2. 2 Chronicles 17:6
• 3. 2 Chronicles 30:19; Ezra 7:10