³ Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.

¹² When he humbled himself, the wrath of Yahweh turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things [found].

¹³ All Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

¹⁰ For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

¹⁴ He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart to seek Yahweh.

¹⁹ who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, though not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.

³ Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,

⁴ but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

⁵ Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

⁶ His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

⁷ My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.

¹⁸ For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.