2 Chronicles 26:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed the LORD, God caused him to succeed.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 24:2 : 2 Joash did what the LORD approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.
  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 He met Asa and told him,“Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.
  • Dan 1:17 : 17 Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom– and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.
  • Dan 10:1 : 1 An Angel Appears to Daniel In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel(who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.
  • 1 Chr 22:13 : 13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the LORD ordered Moses to give to Israel. Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!
  • 2 Chr 25:8 : 8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating.”
  • Ps 1:3 : 3 He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
  • Gen 41:15 : 15 Pharaoh said to Joseph,“I had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard about you, that you can interpret dreams.”
  • Gen 41:38 : 38 So Pharaoh asked his officials,“Can we find a man like Joseph, one in whom the Spirit of God is present?”
  • Judg 2:7 : 7 The people worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.
  • 1 Chr 22:11 : 11 “Now, my son, may the LORD be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the LORD your God, just as he announced you would.
  • Hos 6:4 : 4 Transitory Faithfulness and Imminent Judgment What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, O Judah? For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew!
  • Mark 4:16-17 : 16 These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy. 17 But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.
  • Dan 2:19 : 19 Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven,
  • Dan 5:16 : 16 However, I have heard that you are able to provide interpretations and to solve difficult problems. Now if you are able to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will wear purple and have a golden collar around your neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 31:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful.

    21He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.

  • 2 Chr 26:4
    75%

    4He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    72%

    34He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    72%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Chr 34:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

    3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

  • 2 Chr 14:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the LORD gave him peace.

    7He said to the people of Judah:“Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the LORD our God; we have followed him, and he has made us secure on all sides.” So they built the cities and prospered.

  • 2 Chr 27:6
    70%

    6Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the LORD his God.

  • 2 Kgs 18:5-7
    3 verses
    70%

    5He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.

    6He was loyal to the LORD and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the LORD had given to Moses.

    7The LORD was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him.

  • 2 Chr 17:3-6
    4 verses
    69%

    3The 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,

    4but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

    5The LORD made his kingdom secure; all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he became very wealthy and greatly respected.

    6He was committed to following the LORD; he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    69%

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Chr 26:6
    69%

    6Uzziah attacked the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory.

  • 2 Chr 27:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.(He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning.

    3He built the Upper Gate to the LORD’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.

  • 2 Chr 24:20
    68%

    20God’s Spirit energized Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them,“This is what God says:‘Why are you violating the commands of the LORD? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the LORD, he has rejected you!’”

  • 2 Chr 19:3
    68%

    3Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow God.”

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    68%

    32He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    68%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 2 Chr 25:2
    68%

    2He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.

  • 2 Chr 25:15
    68%

    15The LORD was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said,“Why are you following these gods that could not deliver their own people from your power?”

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    68%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Chr 30:19
    67%

    19everyone who has determined to follow God, the LORD God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”

  • 2 Chr 15:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1God’s Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded.

    2He met Asa and told him,“Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.

  • 2 Chr 24:27
    67%

    27The list of Joash’s sons, the many prophetic oracles about him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

  • 2 Chr 25:20
    67%

    20But Amaziah did not heed the warning, for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom.

  • 1 Chr 22:11
    67%

    11“Now, my son, may the LORD be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the LORD your God, just as he announced you would.

  • 2 Chr 15:4
    67%

    4Because of their distress, they turned back to the LORD God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.

  • 2 Chr 14:2
    67%

    2Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments(14:1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.

  • Amos 5:14
    67%

    14Seek good and not evil so you can live! Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, just might be with you, as you claim he is.

  • Judg 18:5
    67%

    5They said to him,“Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.”

  • 2 Kgs 15:8
    67%

    8Zechariah’s Reign over Israel In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Zechariah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for six months.

  • 2 Kgs 15:1
    67%

    1Azariah’s Reign over Judah In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Amaziah’s son Azariah became king over Judah.

  • 2 Chr 34:8
    66%

    8In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the LORD his God.

  • 2 Chr 16:9
    66%

    9Certainly the LORD watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.”

  • Ezra 7:27
    66%

    27Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the LORD which is in Jerusalem!

  • 1 Chr 16:11
    66%

    11Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    66%

    43He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.(22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Chr 14:4
    66%

    4He ordered Judah to seek the LORD God of their ancestors and to observe his law and commands.

  • Dan 6:28
    66%

    28So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

  • 2 Chr 20:20
    66%

    20Early the next morning they marched out to the wilderness of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said:“Listen to me, you people of Judah and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the LORD your God and you will be safe! Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”

  • 2 Chr 12:12
    65%

    12So when Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; Judah experienced some good things.