2 Chronicles 12:14

2 Chronicles chapter 12 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

Context

v.13So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

v.14This passage

v.15Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Deuteronomy 5:29
Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Psalms 105:3
Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 11:16
And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
2 Chronicles 30:19
that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: