his heart: Deuteronomy 28:47; Job 22:26
lifted up: that is, was encouraged
in the ways: Psalms 18:21-22, Psalms 119:1, Psalms 138:5; Hosea 14:9; Acts 13:10
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2 Chronicles 17:6
2 Chronicles 17:6
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