but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Chronicles 17:4 in context
2 Chronicles 17:1–7
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Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
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The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,
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but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.
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Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.
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His heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah.
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Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
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