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2 Chronicles 27:2

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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly.

KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord. And the people did yet corruptly.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 27

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And he did that which was right,.... See Gill on 2Ki 15:34, howbeit, he entered not into the temple of the Lord; to burn incense, as his father did; he did according to his good ways, but not his evil ones: and the people did yet corruptly; in sacrificing and burning incense in the high places, 2Ki 15:35 which some think Joash himself did, and is meant in the preceding clause; but the sense given is best.

This site's exposition

Jotham was twenty-five years old

on 2 Chronicles 27:1-2

Chronicles adds a clause Kings does not carry, that “he did not enter the temple of the LORD”. That is the place where Uzziah's censer brought him leprosy at 26:16-19. The line “But the people still behaved corruptly” is Chronicles' own qualifier on a good king's record.

This site's exposition

just as his father Uzziah had done

Gill takes the people's corruption as the sacrifices and incense at the high places, which 2 Kings 15:35 says were left standing. Isaiah, Hosea and Micah all preached in Jotham's reign. Their books show what the nation did while its king did right.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

What was amiss in his people he could not prevail to amend: The people did yet corruptly. Perhaps it reflects some blame upon him, that he was wanting in his part towards the reformation of the land.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He entered not into the temple - He copied his father’s conduct as far as it was constitutional; and avoided his transgression. See the preceding chapter, 2 Chronicles 26 (note).

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

as all that his father Uzziah the good deeds that his father had done. That is what R. Simeon ben Yohai said in Tractate Sotah (sic.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 27:2:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֨עַשׂand he did

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • הַיָּשָׁ֜רthe right

    haiyasharH3477 →119 times

  • בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of

    beeineiH5869 →887 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • כְּכֹ֤לaccording to all

    kekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂה֙he had done

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • עֻזִּיָּ֣הוּUzziah

    ʾuziyahuH5818 →27 times

  • אָבִ֔יוfather his

    ʾavivH1 →1212 times

  • רַ֕קonly

    rakH7535 →109 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • בָ֖אhe went

    va'H935 →2568 times

  • אֶל־into

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הֵיכַ֣ל[the] temple of

    heikhalH1964 →80 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְע֥וֹדand yet

    veodH5750 →490 times

  • הָעָ֖םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • מַשְׁחִיתִֽים׃[were] behaving corruptly

    mashchitimH7843 →146 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 15:34–35And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.3 worksActs 5:13Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.2 worksPsalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.2 works2 Chronicles 26:16–21But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.2 works2 Chronicles 26:4And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.2 worksIsaiah 2:8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Nehemiah 1:7We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 119:120

    My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

    it leads to

    • Daniel 10:8–11

      So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

    • Habakkuk 3:16

      I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the…

    • Hebrews 12:21

      The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”

    • Hebrews 12:28–29

      Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.

    • Philippians 2:12

      Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

  • Through

    Acts 5:13

    Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.

    it leads to

    • Acts 2:47

      praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

    • Acts 4:21

      After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

    • John 19:38

      Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came…

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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