2 Chronicles 17:4

But sought to the Lord God of his fathers,.... Prayed to him, worshipped and served him:

and walked in his commandments; observed and kept them, moral, ceremonial, and judicial:

and not after the…

The doings of Israel - i. e. the especially idolatrous doings of the time - the introduction and establishment of the worship of Baal and the groves.

Here we find concerning Jehoshaphat,

I. What a wise man he was. As soon as he came to the crown he strengthened himself against Israel, Ch2 17:1. Ahab, an active warlike prince, had now been three…

to theLord God of his father R.V. to the God of his father. The Chronicler frequently avoids introducing the name Jehovah(rendered Lord in A.V.) in places where it might be expected; cp. 2Ch 20:12;…