KJV King James Version
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 12:14
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
He did that which was evil, because he didn’t set his heart to seek Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he doth the evil thing, for he hath not prepared his heart to seek Jehovah.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 12
11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
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.
13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam [was] one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.
14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, [are] they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And [there were] wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
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2 Chronicles 19:3Nevertheless 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.Isaiah 55:6-7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.Ezekiel 33:31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness.Psalm 105:3-4Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.Psalm 78:37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.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 11:16And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.Psalm 78:8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.1 Samuel 7:3And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, [then] put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.Deuteronomy 5:29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!Psalm 57:7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:1 Chronicles 29:18O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
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