2 Chronicles 12:14

Verse 14 of 16. The 12th of 36 chapters in 2 Chronicles, in History.

10Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house.

11And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.

12And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.

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

14And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.

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

16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

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He did that which was evil, because he didn’t set his heart to seek the LORD.
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Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 12:14

That he was never rightly fixed in his religion, v. 14. He never quite cast off God; and yet in this he did evil, that he prepared not, he engaged not, his heart to seek the Lord. See what the fault is laid upon. (1.) He did not serve the Lord because he did not seek the Lord. He did not pray, as Solomon did, for wisdom and grace. If we prayed better, we should be every way better.

Read Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 12:13–16: Jeroboam Defeated by Abijah. (b. c. 965.)

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.