2 Chronicles 26:4 BSB

2 Chronicles 26:4

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

In this he was not very eminent or zealous; yet he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. He kept up the pure worship of the true God as his father did, and was better than his father, inasmuch as we have no reason to think he ever worshipped idols as his father did, no, not in his latter days, when his heart was lifted up.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ	vai.Ya.'as	and he did	H6213 →
הַיָּשָׁ֖ר	hai.ya.Shar	the right	H3477 →
בְּעֵינֵ֣י	be.'ei.Nei	in [the] eyes of	H5869 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כְּכֹ֥ל	ke.Khol	according to all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
עָשָׂ֖ה	'a.Sah	he had done	H6213 →
אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ	'a.matz.Ya.hu	Amaziah	H558 →
אָבִֽיו׃	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →

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2 Chronicles 25:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 25:14
  When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.
- James 4:8
  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- 2 Chronicles 24:2
  And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
- Isaiah 29:13
  Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
- Acts 8:21
  You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

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06About 2 Chronicles

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