Verse 3

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;

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.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• biblecontext

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• 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.

• 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 And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.
• Exod 4:12 : 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say.
• Josh 1:5 : 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you, nor forsake you.
• Josh 1:9 : 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
• Judg 6:12 : 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor.
• 2 Sam 5:10 : 10 And David went on and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
• 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 And David reigned over all Israel, and David executed judgment and justice for all his people.
• 1 Kgs 11:6 : 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as David his father did.
• 2 Kgs 18:3 : 3 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as David his father had done.
• 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
• 1 Chr 22:18 : 18 Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not given you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD and before his people.
• 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you are with Him; and 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 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed 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. 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon, for they joined him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. 10 So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 And they offered to the LORD at the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 That whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
• Ps 46:7 : 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• Ps 46:11 : 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• Ps 132:1-5 : 1 A Song of Ascents. LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions: 2 How he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob; 3 Surely I will not come into the tent of my house, nor 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 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Jer 2:23 : 23 How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
• Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.
• 2 Tim 4:22 : 22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
• Matt 18:20 : 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them.
• 2 Chr 14:2-5 : 2 And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God. 3 For he took away the altars of the foreign gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves. 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to obey the law and the commandment. 5 He also removed the high places and the images from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him.
• 2 Chr 14:11 : 11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, 'LORD, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many, or with those who have no power; help us, O LORD our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.'
• 1 Kgs 15:3-4 : 3 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not right with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem.
• 2 Kgs 14:3 : 3 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
• 2 Kgs 16:2 : 2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
• Judg 8:33 : 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
• Gen 39:2-3 : 2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did prosper in his hands.
• Gen 39:21 : 21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
• Judg 2:11 : 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
• Judg 2:18 : 18 And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings due to those who oppressed them and vexed them.