2 Chronicles 17:4

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Instead, he dedicated his life to his ancestor’s God and lived by God’s commands. Jehoshaphat did not do what Israel was doing.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said, “You’ve been worshiping in Jerusalem long enough. Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.”

1 Kings 12:30

Worshiping them became ⌞Israel’s⌟ sin. The people went as far as Dan to worship the one calf.

1 Kings 12:33

He went to his altar in Bethel to burn an offering on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, ⌞the festival⌟ he had invented for the Israelites.

1 Kings 3:3

Solomon loved the Lord and lived by his father David’s rules. However, he still sacrificed and burned incense at these other worship sites.

1 Kings 9:4

“If you will be faithful to me as your father David was (with a sincere and upright heart), do everything I command, and keep my laws and rules,

2 Kings 17:19

Even Judah didn’t obey the commands of the Lord their God but lived according to Israel’s customs.

2 Kings 8:18

He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as Ahab’s family had done, because his wife was Ahab’s daughter. So he did what the Lord considered evil.

2 Chronicles 14:6

He built fortified cities in Judah because the land had peace. There was no war during those years because the Lord gave him a time of peace.

2 Chronicles 17:3

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, who lived in the old way like his ancestor David. Jehoshaphat didn’t dedicate his life to serving other gods—the Baals.

2 Chronicles 21:12

Then a letter came to him from the prophet Elijah. It read, “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: You haven’t followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of King Asa of Judah.

2 Chronicles 22:9

He searched for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s men captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. They brought him to Jehu and killed him. Then they buried him. They explained, “Ahaziah is Jehoshaphat’s grandson. Jehoshaphat dedicated his life to serving the Lord with all his heart.” But no one in Ahaziah’s family was able to rule as king.

2 Chronicles 27:6

Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to live as the Lord his God wanted.

2 Chronicles 29:2

He did what the Lord considered right, as his ancestor David had done.

2 Chronicles 34:2

He did what the Lord considered right. He lived in the ways of his ancestor David and never stopped living this way.

Hosea 4:15

“Israel, you act like a prostitute. Don’t let Judah become guilty too. Don’t go to Gilgal. Don’t go to Beth Aven. Don’t take the oath, ‘As the Lord lives. …’

Luke 1:6

Zechariah and Elizabeth had God’s approval. They followed all the Lord’s commands and regulations perfectly.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

you should live in a way that proves you belong to the God who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Now then, brothers and sisters, because of the Lord Jesus we ask and encourage you to excel in living a God-pleasing life even more than you already do. Do this the way we taught you.