| NET © | The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor 1 David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. 2 He did not seek the Baals, |
| NIV © | The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because in his early years he walked in the ways that his father David had followed. He did not consult the Baals |
| NASB © | The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father David’s earlier days and did not seek the Baals, |
| NLT © | The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father’s early years and did not worship the images of Baal. |
| MSG © | GOD was on Jehoshaphat's side because he stuck to the ways of his father Asa's early years. He didn't fool around with the popular Baal religion-- |
| BBE © | And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals, |
| NRSV © | The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father; he did not seek the Baals, |
| NKJV © | Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals, |
| KJV | And the LORD <03068> was with Jehoshaphat <03092>_, because he walked <01980> (8804) in the first <07223> ways <01870> of his father <01> David <01732>_, and sought <01875> (8804) not unto Baalim <01168>_; {of...: or, of his father, and of David} |
| HEBREW | Mylebl <01168> srd <01875> alw <03808> Mynsarh <07223> wyba <01> dywd <01732> ykrdb <01870> Klh <01980> yk <03588> jpswhy <03092> Me <05973> hwhy <03068> yhyw (17:3) <01961> |
| LXXM | kai <2532> CONJ egeneto <1096> V-AMI-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM meta <3326> PREP iwsafat <2498> N-PRI oti <3754> CONJ eporeuyh <4198> V-API-3S en <1722> PREP odoiv <3598> N-DPF tou <3588> T-GSM patrov <3962> N-GSM autou <846> D-GSM taiv <3588> T-DPF prwtaiv <4413> A-DPFS kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV exezhthsen <1567> V-AAI-3S ta <3588> T-APN eidwla <1497> N-APN |
| NET © [draft] ITL | The Lord <03068> was with <05973> Jehoshaphat <03092> because <03588> he followed <01980> in his ancestor <01> David’s <01732> footsteps <01870> at the beginning <07223> of his reign. He did not <03808> seek <01875> the Baals ,<01168> |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “father.” 2 tn Heb “for he walked in the ways of David his father [in] the beginning [times].” |