2 Chronicles 17:4

4 but sought the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not according to the acts of Israel.

2 Chronicles 17:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 17:4

But sought to the Lord God of his fathers
Prayed to him, worshipped and served him:

and walked in his commandments;
observed and kept them, moral, ceremonial, and judicial:

and not after the doings of Israel:
who worshipped the golden calves at Dan and Bethel.

2 Chronicles 17:4 In-Context

2 And he placed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken.

3 Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals,

4 but sought the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not according to the acts of Israel.

5 Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave presents to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.

6 And his heart took delight in the ways of the Lord; moreover he removed the high places and wooden images from Judah.

Footnotes

• [a]. Septuagint reads Lord God.