King James Version
2 Chronicles 12:14 in the King James Version says “And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. prepared: or, fixed” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. prepared: or, fixed”
2 Chronicles 12:14 · KJV
And 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. and also: or, and yet in Judah there were good things
So 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.
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. prepared: or, fixed
Now 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. book: Heb. words
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“because he prepared”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“not his heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“to seek”
H1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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