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butכִּיthe Elohimלֵאלֹהֵיof his fatherאָבִיוhe sought,דָּרָשׁand in his commandmentsוּבְמִצְוֺתָיוhe walked,הָלָךְand notוְלֹאaccording to the doingsכְּמַעֲשֵׂהof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Chronicles 17:4
Study it in the app“but the Elohim of his father he sought, and in his commandments he walked, and not according to the doings of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 17:4, word by word
- the Elohimאלֹהֵיlohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appears- of his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- he soughtדָּרָשׁdarash
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “darash” appears- and in his commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיmitsvotay
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvotay” appears- he walkedהָלָךְhalach
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halach” appears- according to the doingsמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
3YHWH was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of David his father, and did not seek the Baals,
4 · This verse (above)
5YHWH established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah gave tribute to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and glory in abundance.