| 2 Chronicles 12:14 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | He did evil things because he was not serious about dedicating himself to serving the LORD.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. |
| ASV: | And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah. |
| BBE: | And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord. |
| DBY: | And he did evil, for he applied not his heart to seek Jehovah. |
| ERV: | And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek the LORD. |
| JPS: | And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek the LORD. |
| WBS: | And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. |
| WEB: | He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart to seek Yahweh. |
| YLT: | and he doth the evil thing, for he hath not prepared his heart to seek Jehovah. |
| 2 Chronicles 12:14 Cross References |
| XREF: | 2 Chronicles 19:3 "But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God." (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 12:14 Did evil - Or, settled not, although he humbled himself, for a season, yet he quickly relapsed into sin, because his heart was not right with God. |
| MHC: | 12:1-16 Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished. - When Rehoboam was so strong that he supposed he had nothing to fear from Jeroboam, he cast off his outward profession of godliness. It is very common, but very lamentable, that men, who in distress or danger, or near death, seem much engaged in seeking and serving God, throw aside all their religion when they have received a merciful deliverance. God quickly brought troubles upon Judah, to awaken the people to repentance, before their hearts were hardened. Thus it becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of Providence, to justify God, and to judge ourselves. If we have humbled hearts under humbling providences, the affliction has done its work; it shall be removed, or the property of it be altered. The more God's service is compared with other services, the more reasonable and easy it will appear. Are the laws of temperance thought hard? The effects of intemperance will be found much harder. The service of God is perfect liberty; the service of our lusts is complete slavery. Rehoboam was never rightly fixed in his religion. He never quite cast off God; yet he engaged not his heart to seek the Lord. See what his fault was; he did not serve the Lord, because he did not seek the Lord. He did not pray, as Solomon, for wisdom and grace; he did not consult the word of God, did not seek to that as his oracle, nor follow its directions. He made nothing of his religion, because he did not set his heart to it, nor ever came up to a steady resolution in it. He did evil, because he never was determined for good. |
| CONC: | TRUE Didn't Evil Heart Prepared Seek Seeking |
| PREV: | Applied Evil Heart Prepared Seek Seeking True. |
| NEXT: | Applied Evil Heart Prepared Seek Seeking True. |
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