Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the ways of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight.

约沙法效法他父亚撒所行的，不偏左右，行耶和华眼中看为正的事。

约沙法效法他父亲亚撒所行的道，不偏离左右，行耶和华眼中看为正的事。

约沙法效法他父亲亚撒所行的道，不偏离左右，行耶和华眼中看为正的事。

约沙法效法他父亲亚撒，做耶和华视为正的事，不偏不离。

约沙法遵行他父亲亚撒的道路，总不偏离，行耶和华看为正的事。

約沙法效法他父亞撒所行的，不偏左右，行耶和華眼中看為正的事。

約沙法效法他父親亞撒所行的道，不偏離左右，行耶和華眼中看為正的事。

約沙法效法他父親亞撒所行的道，不偏離左右，行耶和華眼中看為正的事。

約沙法效法他父親亞撒，做耶和華視為正的事，不偏不離。

約沙法遵行他父親亞撒的道路，總不偏離，行耶和華看為正的事。

約沙法走他父親亞撒所走的路，總不偏離，乃行永恆主所看為對的事。

約沙法循其父亞撒之道、不偏離之、行耶和華所悅、

恆從父亞撒所為、行善於耶和華前。

約沙法從父亞撒之道、不離左右、行善於主前、

He followed the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.

Jehoshaphat followed the ways of his father Asa. He didn’t wander away from them. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.

He walked in the way of Asa his father and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord.

He walked in the ways of Asa his father; he did not turn away from it but did what was right in the LORD’s sight.

He walked in the way of his father Asa and did not deviate from it, doing right in the sight of the Lord.

And he walked in the way of his father Asa, and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord.

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.

He walked in the way of Asa his father; he did not turn away from it but did what was right in the Lord’s sight.

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing[ that which was] right in the sight of the LORD.

He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.

He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes.

Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good.

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father’s early years and did not worship the images of Baal.He sought his father’s God and obeyed his commands instead of following the evil practices of the kingdom of Israel.So the Lord established Jehoshaphat’s control over the kingdom of Judah. All the people of Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so he became very wealthy and highly esteemed.He was deeply committed to the ways of the Lord. He removed the pagan shrines and Asherah poles from Judah.

Asa did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, as his ancestor David had done.

Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God,“ O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O Lord, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah, and the enemy fled.Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar, and so many Ethiopians fell that they were unable to rally. They were destroyed by the Lord and his army, and the army of Judah carried off a vast amount of plunder.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not turned from my God to follow evil.

At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him,“ Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the Lord your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of Aram.Don’t you remember what happened to the Ethiopians and Libyans and their vast army, with all of their chariots and charioteers? At that time you relied on the Lord, and he handed them over to you.The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. What a fool you have been! From now on you will be at war.”Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison and put him in stocks. At that time Asa also began to oppress some of his people.The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.In the thirty ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a serious foot disease. Yet even with the severity of his disease, he did not seek the Lord’s help but turned only to his physicians.

Asa did what was pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord his God.He removed the foreign altars and the pagan shrines. He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.He commanded the people of Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his law and his commands.Asa also removed the pagan shrines, as well as the incense altars from every one of Judah’s towns. So Asa’s kingdom enjoyed a period of peace.