2 Chronicles 17:3 - Exposition

The first ways of his father David . Although there would be no difficulty in reconciling this statement with history, yet probably the name David should not stand here. It is not in the Septuagint. The most natural and sufficient reference is to Asa . And sought not unto Ballim; literally, to the Baalim; i.e. to the various false gods of surrounding peoples ( 2:11 ), Baal-berith ( 8:33 ; 9:4 , 9:46 ), Baal-zebub ( 2 Kings 1:2 ), Baal-peor ( Numbers 23:28 , etc.; Numbers 25:3 ), according to the places where the idolatrous worship was carried on. (For the preposition לְ , "to," after "sought," in this and following verse, see again 1 Chronicles 22:19 .)