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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on 2Chr 17:3
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
2Chr 17:3 · Douay-Rheims
“And the Lord was with Josaphat, because he walked in the first ways of David his father: and trusted not in Baalim,”
On this verse:
“he walked in the first ways of his father David--He imitated the piety of his great ancestor in the early part of his reign before he made those unhappy lapses which dishonored his character. and sought not unto Baalim--a term used for idols generally in contradistinction to the Lord God of his father.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.