KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Chronicles 19:4
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
WEB World English Bible
Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehoshaphat dwelleth in Jerusalem, and he turneth back and goeth out among the people from Beer-Sheba unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and bringeth them back unto Jehovah, God of their fathers.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 19
1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
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.
3 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.
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.
5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the judgment.
7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do [it]: for [there is] no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
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וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבH3427 · ya.shavto dwellיְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טH3092 · ye.ho.sha.phatJehoshaphatבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם סH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוַיָּ֜שָׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnוַיֵּצֵ֣אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeבָעָ֗םH5971 · ampeopleמִבְּאֵ֥רH884 · be.er she.vaBeershebaשֶׁ֙בַע֙H884 · be.er she.vaBeershebaעַד־H5704 · adtillהַ֣רH2022 · harmountain: mountאֶפְרַ֔יִםH669 · eph.ra.yimEphraimוַיְשִׁיבֵ֕םH7725 · shuvto return: returnאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵ֥יH430 · e.lo.himGodאֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃H1 · avfather
Cross-references
Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.2 Chronicles 29:10-11Now [it is] in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.Malachi 4:6And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.1 Samuel 7:3-4And 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.2 Chronicles 15:8-13And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that [was] before the porch of the LORD.Genesis 21:33And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.Judges 19:1And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.Joshua 17:15And Joshua answered them, If thou [be] a great people, [then] get thee up to the wood [country], and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.Judges 20:1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.1 Samuel 7:15-17And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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