"Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prep…" — 2 Chronicles 19:3

2 Chronicles 19:3 · KJV

“Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.”

— 2 Chronicles 19:3

Verse 2

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore {is} wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

Verse 4

And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. {he went...: Heb. he returned and went out}

2 Chronicles 19 — Context

And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

Cross References

2 Chronicles 12:12

And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy {him} altogether: and also in Judah things went well. {and also...: or, and yet in Judah there were good things}

1 Kings 14:13

And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found {some} good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

Ezra 7:10

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do {it}, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

2 Chronicles 30:19

{That} prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though {he be} not {cleansed} according to the purification of the sanctuary.

2 Chronicles 12:14

And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. {prepared: or, fixed}

2 Chronicles 17:3-6

And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; {of...: or, of his father, and of David}

Psalms 57:7

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. {fixed: or, prepared}

Romans 7:18

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but {how} to perform that which is good I find not.