2 Chronicles 19:3-4
Context19:3 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
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.”