2 Chronicles 17:6 - Exposition

And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord . Although the verb גָבַהּ often carries a bad sense with it, it quite as often carries with it a good one in the Old Testament, and the typical instance of the former ( Psalms 131:1 ) is fully counterbalanced by Isaiah 52:13 . The marginal "was enencouraged may be superseded with advantage by "took courage" ( Isaiah 40:29-31 ). The groves . Supersede this incorrect rendering by the Asherim; and upon the seeming discrepancy, see again Isaiah 15:1-9 :17, and "Introduction to Chronicles" there quoted.