2 Chronicles 29:2 BSB

2 Chronicles 29:2

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Of several of his predecessors it had been said that they did that which was right, but not like David, not with David's integrity and zeal. But here was one that had as hearty an affection for the ark and law of God as ever David had.

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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 →
דָּוִ֥יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אָבִֽיו׃	'a.Viv	ancestor his	H1 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H3477haiyasharthe right119×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 34:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 17:3
  Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 1:7
  Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that…
- Joshua 23:6
  Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the…
- 2 Chronicles 14:2
  And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
- 1 Kings 15:5
  For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of…
Through
2 Chronicles 28:1
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
leads to
- Isaiah 1:1
  This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:13
  Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
- Micah 1:1
  This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem: