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BrLXXΚαὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν, ὅτι οὐ κατεύθυνε τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ἐκζητῆσαι τὸν κύριον. (Kai epoiaʸse to ponaʸron, hoti ou kateuthune taʸn kardian autou ekzaʸtaʸsai ton kurion. )
BrTrAnd he did evil, for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.
ULTAnd he did evil, for he did not establish his heart to seek Yahweh.
USTRehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah. She was from the Ammon people group. Rehoboam did evil things because he did not try to find out what Yahweh wanted him to do.
BSBAnd Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
NETHe did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord.
LSVand he does evil, for he has not prepared his heart to seek YHWH.
FBVBut Rehoboam did what was evil because he did not commit himself to following the Lord.
T4TRehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah. She was from the Ammon people-group. Rehoboam did evil things because he did not try to find out what Yahweh wanted him to do.
KJB-1611[fn]And hee did euill, because hee prepared not his heart to seeke the LORD. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)
ClVgFecit autem malum, et non præparavit cor suum ut quæreret Dominum. (Fecit however evil, and not/no prepared heart his_own as to_seek/search_fort the_Master. )
(Occurrence 0) he did not fix his heart to seek Yahweh
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made the,evil that/for/because/then/when not set his/its=heart to,seek DOMYHWH )
Here the word “heart” represents the thoughts and desires. The idiom “fix his heart” means to determine to do something. Alternate translation: “he was not committed to seeking Yahweh” (See also: figs-idiom)
If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.
