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2 Kings 15:3

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

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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 Amaziah had done.

KJV

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

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This verse in 2 Kings 15

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Being a child only four years old when his father was murdered, a regency was appointed during Azariah's minority. began Azariah . . . to reign--The character of his reign is described by the brief formula employed by the inspired historian, in recording the religious policy of the later kings.

This site's exposition

did what was right in the eyes of the LORD

on 2 Kings 15:3-7

Azariah did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done. The LORD afflicted the king with leprosy. Where Kings gives no reason, 2 Chronicles 26:16 to 21 gives one: pride carried him past the priests into the sanctuary to burn incense.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Ishodad of Merv

BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 15:3 · Written before 850.

proposed

In the book of Chronicles [it is written]: Uzziah "did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his father David, and God made him prosper." "He built" fortresses "and palaces and high towers which were reinforced with iron bolts." "But when …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord,.... At the beginning of his reign, and in an external way: according to all that his father Amaziah had done; who did not do what he did as David, sincerely and cordially, 2Ki 14:3.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

(it was happy for the kingdom that a good reign was a long one), only he had not zeal and courage enough to take away the high places,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He did that which was right - It is said, 2Ch 26:5, that he sought the Lord in the days of Zechariah the prophet, and God made him to prosper; that he fought against the Philistines; broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod; prevailed over the Arabians and Mehunims; and that the Ammonites paid him tribute; and his dominion extended abroad, even to the entering in of Egypt; that he built towers in Jerusalem, at the corner gate, valley gate, and turning of the wall; and built towers also in the desert, and digged many wells; that he had a very strong and well-regulated military force, which he provided with a well-stocked arsenal; and constructed many military engines to shoot arrows and project great stones; and that his fame was universally spread abroad.

The words behind it

9 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.

  • וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he did

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • הַיָּשָׁ֖רthe right

    haiyasharH3477 →119 times

  • בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of

    beeineiH5869 →887 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • כְּכֹ֥לaccording to all

    kekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֖הhe had done

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּAmaziah

    ʾamatzyahuH558 →40 times

  • אָבִֽיו׃father his

    ʾavivH1 →1212 times

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

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

1 stop

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

    2 Chronicles 26:4

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

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 25:2

      And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 15 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ishodad of Merv, BOOKS OF SESSIONS 2 KINGS 15:3; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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