Verse 3

The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the early ways of his ancestor David and did not seek after the Baals.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Herren var med Jehosjafat fordi han fulgte de tidlige veiene til sin far David og ikke søkte Baal-gudene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Herren var med Josjafat fordi han vandret i de første veiene til sin far David og søkte ikke Ba'alene.

• Norsk King James

  Og Herren var med Jehosjafat, fordi han fulgte sin far Davids veier og søkte ikke etter Baalim.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Herren var med Josjafat, fordi han fulgte de tidlige veier til sin far David, og han tilbad ikke Baal.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Herren var med Jehoshafat fordi han fulgte de tidlige veiene til sin far David og søkte ikke Baalene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Herren var med Jehoshaphat fordi han fulgte de første veiene til David, sin far, og søkte ikke til Baalim.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Herren var med Jehoshaphat, fordi han fulgte de første veier slik hans far David hadde gjort, og fortrakk seg ikke til Baalim.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Herren var med Jehoshaphat fordi han fulgte de første veiene til David, sin far, og søkte ikke til Baalim.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Herren var med Jehoshafat fordi han fulgte i de første veiene til David, sin far, og søkte ikke Baalene.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Herren var med Jehoshafat fordi han fulgte i de tidlige veiene til hans forfar David og ikke søkte Baal.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Herren var med Josaphat; thi han vandrede i sin Faders Davids første Veie og søgte ikke Baalim.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Herren var med Jehoshafat fordi han fulgte de første veiene til sin far David, og han søkte ikke til Baalim.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and did not seek after the Baal idols;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Herren var med Jehoshafat, for han fulgte i de første veiene til sin forfar David, og han søkte ikke til Baalene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Herren var med Jehoshafat fordi han vandret i Davids, sin forfar, tidlige veier og ikke søkte til Ba'alene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Herren var med Jehoshafat fordi han fulgte de første veiene til sin far David og tilbad ikke Baalene.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Herren var med Josafat, fordi han fulgte de tidlige veiene til sin far og ikke vendte seg til Ba’alene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the LORDE was wt Iosaphat: for he walked in the olde wayes of his father Dauid, & soughte not Baalim,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the Lorde was with Iehoshaphat, because he walked in the first wayes of his father Dauid, and sought not Baalim,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the Lorde was with Iehosaphat, because he walked in the olde wayes of his father Dauid, and sought not Baalim,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah is with Jehoshaphat, for he hath walked in the first ways of David his father, and hath not sought to Baalim,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,

Referenced Verses

• Exod 3:12 : 12 God reassured him, 'I will certainly be with you. And this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.'
• Exod 4:12 : 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.'
• Josh 1:5 : 5 No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will never leave you nor abandon you.
• Josh 1:9 : 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
• Judg 6:12 : 12 The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, 'The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.'
• 2 Sam 5:10 : 10 David continued to grow in power, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
• 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness to all his people.
• 1 Kgs 11:6 : 6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not fully follow the LORD as David his father had done.
• 2 Kgs 18:3 : 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done.
• 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed in all the ways of his ancestor David. He did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
• 1 Chr 22:18 : 18 He said, 'Isn’t the Lord your God with you? And hasn’t He given you rest on every side? For He has handed the inhabitants of the land over to me, and the land is subdued before the Lord and His people.'
• 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, 'Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.'
• 2 Chr 15:8-9 : 8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the LORD’s temple. 9 Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for a great number had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. 10 They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. 11 On that day they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought. 12 They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. 13 Anyone who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
• Ps 46:7 : 7 Nations rage, kingdoms totter; He lifts His voice, the earth melts.
• Ps 46:11 : 11 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
• Ps 132:1-5 : 1 A Song of Ascents. Remember, O LORD, on behalf of David, all his afflictions. 2 He swore to the LORD, and made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob: 3 'I will not enter my house, nor will I go up to my bed; 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, 5 until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.'
• Isa 8:10 : 10 Devise your plans, but they will be thwarted; issue your orders, but they will not stand, for God is with us.
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; indeed, I will help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
• Jer 2:23 : 23 How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals’? Consider your path in the valley; acknowledge what you have done—like a swift young she-camel running here and there.
• Matt 1:23 : 23 'Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel' (which means, 'God with us').
• Matt 28:20 : 20 'teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'
• 2 Tim 4:22 : 22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you all. Amen.
• Matt 18:20 : 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there I am with them.
• 2 Chr 14:2-5 : 2 He removed the foreign altars and the high places, shattered the stone pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. 3 He commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey the law and the commandment. 4 He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him. 5 He built fortified cities in Judah because the land was at peace. There was no war during those years, for the Lord had given him rest.
• 2 Chr 14:11 : 11 The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.
• 1 Kgs 15:3-4 : 3 He committed all the sins his father had done before him, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. 4 Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by establishing Jerusalem.
• 2 Kgs 14:3 : 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like his ancestor David. He followed the example of his father Joash instead.
• 2 Kgs 16:2 : 2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. But he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God as David his ancestor had done.
• Judg 8:33 : 33 After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals, making Baal-Berith their god.
• Gen 39:2-3 : 2 The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did.
• Gen 39:21 : 21 But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
• Judg 2:11 : 11 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals.
• Judg 2:18 : 18 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived. For the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.