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.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”
- KJV Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
- BSB However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
- NKJV Nevertheless good things are found in you, in that you have removed the wooden images from the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.”
- NLT 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.”
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Quick answer
Yet Jehu acknowledges genuine good in Jehoshaphat, who removed idols and set his heart to seek God.
Overview
God's rebuke is tempered by honest commendation, recognizing the king's true devotion. Removing the Asherah poles and seeking the LORD mark Jehoshaphat as a reformer at heart. The balanced word shows that God both corrects His servants' sins and affirms their faithfulness.
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Cross-references · 8
- 2 Chr 12:12When he humbled himself, Yahweh’s wrath turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether. Moreover, there were good things found in Judah.
- Ezra 7:10For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
- 1 Kgs 14:13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
- 2 Chr 30:19who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, even if they aren’t clean according to the purification of the sanctuary.”
- 2 Chr 17:3–6Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,
- 2 Chr 12:14He did that which was evil, because he didn’t set his heart to seek Yahweh.
- Rom 7:18For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.
- Ps 57:7My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
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