2 Chronicles 17:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Instead, he sought the God of his father and obeyed His commands rather than following the practices of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֠י לֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֤י אָבִיו֙ דָּרָ֔שׁ וּבְמִצְוֺתָ֖יו הָלָ֑ךְ וְלֹ֖א כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

For to-ʾĕlōhê ʾāḇîw dāraš and-in-miṣwōṯāyw hālāḵ and-not like-maʿăśêh Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - 'God of'
• *ʾāḇîw*: noun + pronominal suffix, masculine singular - 'his father'
• *dāraš*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'he sought/inquired of'
• *miṣwōṯāyw*: noun, feminine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd masculine singular - 'his commandments'
• *hālāḵ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'he walked/went'
• *maʿăśêh*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'practice/deed/work of'
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'

Word Meanings

• *dāraš*: sought/inquired of/consulted/required
• *hālāḵ*: walked/followed/conducted himself
• *maʿăśêh*: practice/deed/work/action/conduct

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But sought the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the practices of Israel.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but the God of his father, & walked in his commaundementes, & not after the workes of Israel:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But sought the Lorde God of his father, and walked in his commandements, and not after the trade of Israel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But sought the Lorde God of his father, and walked in his commaundementes, and not after the doinges of Israel.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But sought to the [LORD] God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for to the God of his father he hath sought, and in His commands he hath walked, and not according to the work of Israel.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

• World English Bible (2000)

  but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 12:28 : 28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.
• Hos 4:15 : 15 Though you, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth Aven, and do not swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives!'
• Luke 1:6 : 6 Both were righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
• 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, just as you received instructions from us on how you ought to live and please God, that you would excel even more.
• 2 Kgs 8:18 : 18 He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he had married Ahab's daughter. He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
• 2 Kgs 17:19 : 19 But even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God. They followed the practices of Israel as the Israelites had done.
• Jer 3:7-8 : 7 I thought, 'After she has done all this, she will return to me.' But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. 8 I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she also went out and prostituted herself.
• 1 Kgs 12:30 : 30 And this thing became a sin; the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.
• 1 Kgs 12:33 : 33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel. So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
• 1 Kgs 13:33-34 : 33 Even after this, Jeroboam did not turn away from his evil way. Instead, he made priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest, he consecrated, and they became priests for the high places. 34 This response became a sin to the house of Jeroboam, leading to its downfall and destruction from the face of the earth.
• 1 Kgs 16:31-33 : 31 As if it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he also married Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him. 32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole, and he did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.