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2 Chronicles 17:4–7

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But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
¶ Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
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From verse 4

  1. 1 Kings 12:28Rank 1 from verse 4
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    28Whereupon 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 Egypt.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:12Rank 2 from verse 4
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    12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

  3. Luke 1:6Rank 3 from verse 4
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    6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

  4. 1 Thessalonians 4:1Rank 4 from verse 4
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    1FURTHERMORE 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.

  5. 2 Kings 17:19Rank 5 from verse 4
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    19Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

  6. 2 Kings 8:18Rank 6 from verse 4
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    18And 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.

  7. Hosea 4:15Rank 7 from verse 4
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    15¶ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.

  8. 1 Kings 12:30Rank 8 from verse 4
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    30And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

  9. 1 Kings 12:33Rank 9 from verse 4
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    33So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el 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 Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

  10. 1 Kings 13:33–34Rank 10 from verse 4
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    33¶ After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

    34And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

  11. 1 Kings 16:31–33Rank 11 from verse 4
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    31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

    32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

    33And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

  12. Jeremiah 3:7–8Rank 12 from verse 4
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    7And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

    8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

From verse 5

  1. 2 Chronicles 18:1Rank 1 from verse 5
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    1NOW Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.

  2. Matthew 6:33Rank 2 from verse 5
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    33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

  3. Matthew 2:11Rank 3 from verse 5
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    11¶ And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

  4. Psalms 127:1Rank 4 from verse 5
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    1EXCEPT the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

  5. Job 42:12Rank 5 from verse 5
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    12So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

  6. 1 Peter 5:10Rank 6 from verse 5
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    10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

  7. 1 Samuel 10:27Rank 7 from verse 5
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    27But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

  8. 2 Chronicles 32:23Rank 8 from verse 5
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    23And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

  9. Psalms 68:29Rank 9 from verse 5
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    29Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

  10. 1 Kings 10:25Rank 10 from verse 5
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    25And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

  11. 1 Kings 10:27Rank 11 from verse 5
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    27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.

  12. 1 Kings 4:21Rank 12 from verse 5
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    21And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

  13. 1 Kings 9:4–5Rank 13 from verse 5
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    4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

    5Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

  14. 2 Chronicles 1:15Rank 14 from verse 5
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    15And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.

  15. 2 Chronicles 32:27–29Rank 15 from verse 5
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    27¶ And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;

    28Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.

    29Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

  16. 2 Chronicles 9:27Rank 16 from verse 5
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    27And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

  17. 2 Samuel 7:25–26Rank 17 from verse 5
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    25And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

    26And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

  18. Deuteronomy 8:13–14Rank 18 from verse 5
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    13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

    14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

  19. Genesis 13:2Rank 19 from verse 5
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    2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

  20. Genesis 26:13–14Rank 20 from verse 5
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    13And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

    14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

  21. Psalms 132:12Rank 21 from verse 5
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    12If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

  22. Psalms 72:10Rank 22 from verse 5
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    10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

  23. Psalms 76:11Rank 23 from verse 5
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    11Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

From verse 6

  1. Hosea 14:9Rank 1 from verse 6
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    9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  2. 2 Chronicles 15:17Rank 2 from verse 6
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    17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

  3. 2 Chronicles 20:33Rank 3 from verse 6
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    33Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

  4. Psalms 119:1Rank 4 from verse 6
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    1BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

  5. 1 Kings 22:43Rank 5 from verse 6
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    43And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

  6. 2 Chronicles 19:3Rank 6 from verse 6
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    3Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

  7. 2 Chronicles 34:3–7Rank 7 from verse 6
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    3¶ For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

    4And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

    5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

    6And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

    7And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

  8. Psalms 138:5Rank 8 from verse 6
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    5Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

  9. Psalms 18:21–22Rank 9 from verse 6
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    21For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

    22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

  10. 2 Chronicles 14:3Rank 10 from verse 6
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    3For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

  11. 2 Chronicles 31:1Rank 11 from verse 6
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    1NOW when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

  12. Acts 13:10Rank 12 from verse 6
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    10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

  13. Deuteronomy 28:47Rank 13 from verse 6
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    47Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

  14. Job 22:26Rank 14 from verse 6
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    26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

From verse 7

  1. 2 Chronicles 35:3Rank 1 from verse 7
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    3And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel,

  2. Ecclesiastes 12:9–10Rank 2 from verse 7
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    9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

    10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

  3. 2 Chronicles 15:3Rank 3 from verse 7
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    3Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

  4. Nehemiah 8:7–8Rank 4 from verse 7
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    7Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

    8So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

  5. 2 Chronicles 30:22Rank 5 from verse 7
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    22And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.

  6. Acts 1:1Rank 6 from verse 7
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    1THE former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

  7. Ecclesiastes 1:12Rank 7 from verse 7
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    12¶ I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

  8. Luke 4:43–44Rank 8 from verse 7
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    43And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.

    44And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

  9. Nehemiah 8:13–14Rank 9 from verse 7
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    13¶ And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

    14And they found written in the law which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:

  10. Nehemiah 9:3Rank 10 from verse 7
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    3And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.

  11. Psalms 51:13Rank 11 from verse 7
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    13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

  12. Deuteronomy 33:10Rank 12 from verse 7
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    10They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

  13. Deuteronomy 4:5Rank 13 from verse 7
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    5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

  14. Isaiah 49:23Rank 14 from verse 7
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    23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

  15. Mark 4:2Rank 15 from verse 7
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    2And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

  16. Matthew 4:23Rank 16 from verse 7
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    23¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

  17. Psalms 34:11Rank 17 from verse 7
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    11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 17:4

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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commandments

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Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

2 Chronicles 17:5

COMBINED MEANING

stablished

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of stablish, meaning to establish, make firm, confirm, or settle securely.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

kingdom

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The rule, royal authority, government, realm, territory, subjects, or dominion of a king.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

presents

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Sense 1: Being at hand or in a place. Sense 2: A gift, or to bring, offer, show, or give.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2 Chronicles 17:6

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

moreover

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Besides, further, additionally, or what is more, introducing another statement, fact, command, reason, or continuation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

places

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1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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groves

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1. Groups of trees. 2. Objects or places connected with idolatrous worship.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Chronicles 17:7

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

reign

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Sense 1: To exercise kingly rule, dominion, governing power, or controlling power. Sense 2: Royal rule or dominion, or the period during which a ruler governs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

teach

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To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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17:1AND Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

17:2And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

17:3And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

17:4But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

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17:5Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

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17:6And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

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17:7¶ Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

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17:8And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

17:9And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

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