2 Chronicles 19:3-4

19:3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; 1  you removed 2  the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.” 3 

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. 4  He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow 5  the Lord God of their ancestors. 6 

1 tn Heb “nevertheless good things are found with you.”

2 tn Here בָּעַר (ba’ar) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער.

3 tn Heb “and you set your heart to seek the Lord.”

4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

5 tn Heb “and turned them back to.”

6 tn Heb “fathers.”