2 Chronicles 17:4
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Key Terms in This Verse
הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egyp...
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israe...
And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
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