Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and he doth the evil thing, for he hath not prepared his heart to seek Jehovah.

New American Standard Bible

He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Rehoboam did what was evil, because he did not determine in his heart to seek the Lord.

International Standard Version

He practiced evil by not setting his heart to seek the LORD.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek and worship and honor the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.

Darby Translation

And he did evil, for he applied not his heart to seek Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will do evil, for he prepared not his heart to seek Jehovah.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

And he did the evil because he did not prepare his heart to seek Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he did evil: for he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

NET Bible

He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord.

New Heart English Bible

He did that which was evil, because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.

The Emphasized Bible

But he did evil, - in that he did not fix his heart to seek Yahweh.

Webster

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

World English Bible

He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart to seek Yahweh.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he did

Usage: 0

to seek
דּרשׁ 
Darash 
Usage: 164

References

Fausets

Context Readings

The Death Of Rehoboam

13 And king Rehoboam strengtheneth himself in Jerusalem, and reigneth; for a son of forty and two years is Rehoboam in his reigning, and seventeen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah hath chosen to put His name there, out of all the tribes of Israel, and the name of his mother is Naamah the Ammonitess, 14 and he doth the evil thing, for he hath not prepared his heart to seek Jehovah. 15 And the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam are all the days;


Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:3

but good things have been found with thee, for thou hast put away the shrines out of the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.'

Deuteronomy 5:29

O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons -- to the age!

1 Samuel 7:3

And Samuel speaketh unto all the house of Israel, saying, 'If with all your heart ye are turning back unto Jehovah -- turn aside the gods of the stranger from your midst, and Ashtaroth; and prepare your heart unto Jehovah, and serve Him only, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.'

1 Chronicles 29:18

'O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this to the age for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee;

2 Chronicles 11:16

and after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek Jehovah, God of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah, God of their father.

2 Chronicles 30:19

who hath prepared his heart to seek God -- Jehovah, God of his fathers -- yet not according to the cleansing of the sanctuary;'

Psalm 57:7

Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise.

Psalm 78:8

And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God is its spirit.

Psalm 78:37

And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

Psalm 105:3-4

Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.

Isaiah 45:19

Not in secret have I spoken, in a dark place of the earth, I have not said to the seed of Jacob, In vain seek ye Me, I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, Declaring uprightness.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee -- My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.

Matthew 7:7

'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

1 Corinthians 15:58

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

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