He sought his father’s God and obeyed his commands instead of following the evil practices of the kingdom of Israel.

只寻求他父亲的神，遵行他的诫命，不效法以色列人的行为。

只寻求他父亲的上帝，遵行他的诫命，不效法以色列人的行为。

只寻求他父亲的神，遵行他的诫命，不效法以色列人的行为。

只寻求他父亲的上帝，遵行祂的诫命，没有效法以色列人的行为。

只寻求他父亲的神，遵行神的诫命，没有随从以色列人的行为。

只尋求他父親的神，遵行他的誡命，不效法以色列人的行為。

只尋求他父親的上帝，遵行他的誡命，不效法以色列人的行為。

只尋求他父親的神，遵行他的誡命，不效法以色列人的行為。

只尋求他父親的上帝，遵行祂的誡命，沒有效法以色列人的行為。

只尋求他父親的神，遵行神的誡命，沒有隨從以色列人的行為。

只尋求他父親的上帝，遵行上帝的誡命，不效法以色列人的作風而行。

惟求其父之上帝、遵其誡命、不效以色列人所行、

尋求其祖父之天主、遵行主之誡命、不效以色列人之所行、

but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel.

Instead, Jehoshaphat obeyed the God of his father. He obeyed the Lord’ s commands instead of the practices of Israel.

but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the practices of Israel.

but sought the God of his father and walked by his commands, not according to the practices of Israel.

but sought the God of his father, followed His commandments, and did not act as Israel did.

but sought the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not according to the acts of Israel.

but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

but sought the God of his father and walked by His commands, not according to the practices of Israel.

But sought to the[ LORD] God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

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

but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.

So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people,“ It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. Look, Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!”

But even the people of Judah refused to obey the commands of the Lord their God, for they followed the evil practices that Israel had introduced.

But Jehoram followed the example of the kings of Israel and was as wicked as King Ahab, for he had married one of Ahab’s daughters. So Jehoram did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.

Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.

“ Though you, Israel, are a prostitute, may Judah not be guilty of such things. Do not join the false worship at Gilgal or Beth aven, and do not take oaths there in the Lord’s name.

Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord’s commandments and regulations.

We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you to share in his Kingdom and glory.

I thought,‘ After she has done all this, she will return to me.’ But she did not return, and her faithless sister Judah saw this.She saw that I divorced faithless Israel because of her adultery. But that treacherous sister Judah had no fear, and now she, too, has left me and given herself to prostitution.

And as though it were not enough to follow the sinful example of Jeroboam, he married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and he began to bow down in worship of Baal.First Ahab built a temple and an altar for Baal in Samaria.Then he set up an Asherah pole. He did more to provoke the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than any of the other kings of Israel before him.

But even after this, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil ways. He continued to choose priests from the common people. He appointed anyone who wanted to become a priest for the pagan shrines.This became a great sin and resulted in the utter destruction of Jeroboam’s dynasty from the face of the earth.

So on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a day that he himself had designated, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar at Bethel. He instituted a religious festival for Israel, and he went up to the altar to burn incense.

But this became a great sin, for the people worshiped the idols, traveling as far north as Dan to worship the one there.