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2 Chron. 17:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways ρof his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

or, of his father and of David.

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the Lord.

2 Chron. 15:2,9• ²And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
⁹And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him. (2 Chron. 15:2,9)

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Gen. 39:2‑3,21• ²And Jehovah was with Joseph; and he was a prosperous man, and he was in his master the Egyptian's house.
³And his master saw that Jehovah [was] with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
²¹And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house. (Gen. 39:2‑3,21)

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Ex. 3:12• ¹²And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] the token to thee that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. (Ex. 3:12)

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Ex. 4:12• ¹²And now go, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say. (Ex. 4:12)

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Josh. 1:5,9• ⁵There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
⁹Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. (Josh. 1:5,9)

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Judg. 2:18• ¹⁸And when Jehovah raised them up judges, Jehovah was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented Jehovah because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. (Judg. 2:18)

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Judg. 6:12• ¹²And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him, and said unto him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. (Judg. 6:12)

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2 Sam. 5:10• ¹⁰And David became continually greater; and Jehovah the God of hosts was with him. (2 Sam. 5:10)

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1 Chron. 22:18• ¹⁸Is not Jehovah your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and before his people. (1 Chron. 22:18)

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Psa. 46:7,11• ⁷Jehovah of hosts [is] with us;{HR}The God of Jacob [is] a refuge to us. Selah.
¹¹Jehovah of hosts [is] with us;{HR}The God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah. (Psa. 46:7,11)

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Isa. 8:10• ¹⁰Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand; for God [is] with us [Immanuel]. (Isa. 8:10)

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Isa. 41:10• ¹⁰Fear not, for I [am] with thee; be not dismayed, for I [am] thy God. I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. (Isa. 41:10)

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Matt. 1:23• ²³Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, 'God with us.' (Matt. 1:23)

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Matt. 18:20• ²⁰For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matt. 18:20)

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Matt. 28:20• ²⁰teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, I am with you all the days, until the completion of the age. (Matt. 28:20)

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2 Tim. 4:22• ²²The Lord [Jesus Christ be] with thy spirit. Grace be with you. (2 Tim. 4:22)

he walked.

2 Sam. 8:15• ¹⁵And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. (2 Sam. 8:15)

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1 Kings 11:6• ⁶And Solomon did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father. (1 Kings 11:6)

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1 Kings 15:3‑4• ³He walked, in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
⁴Nevertheless for David's sake did Jehovah his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: (1 Kings 15:3‑4)

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2 Kings 14:3• ³And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done. (2 Kings 14:3)

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2 Kings 16:2• ²Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah his God, like David his father, (2 Kings 16:2)

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2 Kings 18:3• ³And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done. (2 Kings 18:3)

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2 Kings 22:2• ²And he did that which was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. (2 Kings 22:2)

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Psa. 132:1‑5• ¹A song of the ascents.{HR}Jehovah, remember for David all his humiliation;
²How he swore to Jehovah,{HR}Vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
³I will not (if I) come into my house's tent,{HR}Nor go up on my bed's couch;
⁴I will not give sleep to mine eyes,{HR}Slumber to mine eyelids,
⁵Until I find a place for Jehovah,{HR}Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob. (Psa. 132:1‑5)

his father David.

or, his father, and of David.

2 Chron. 14:2‑5,11• ²And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:
³for he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves:
⁴and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
⁵And he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
¹¹And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, [it is] nothing with thee to help, whether with many or with them that hath no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou [art] our God; let not man prevail against thee. (2 Chron. 14:2‑5,11)

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2 Chron. 15:8‑13• ⁸And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.
⁹And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.
¹⁰And they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
¹¹And they sacrificed to Jehovah in that day, of the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
¹²And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
¹³and that whoever would not seek Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (2 Chron. 15:8‑13)

sought.

Judg. 2:11• ¹¹And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals. (Judg. 2:11)

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Judg. 8:33• ³³And it came to pass as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. (Judg. 8:33)

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Jer. 2:23• ²³How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done—a swift dromedary traversing her ways! (Jer. 2:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;

W. Kelly Translation

And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)