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2 Kings 23:25

Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.

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ASV

And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

KJV

And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְכָמֹהוּ֩ve.kha.mo.Huand like himH3644 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
הָיָ֨הha.Yahhe had beenH1961 →
לְפָנָ֜יוle.fa.Nav<to> before himH6440 →
מֶ֗לֶךְMe.lekha kingH4428 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whoH834 →
שָׁ֤בshavhe turned backH7725 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בְּכָל־be.kholwith allH3605 →
לְבָב֤וֹle.va.Voheart hisH3824 →
וּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-and with allH3605 →
נַפְשׁוֹ֙naf.Shobeing hisH5315 →
וּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-and with allH3605 →
מְאֹד֔וֹme.'o.Dostrength hisH3966 →
כְּכֹ֖לke.Kholaccording to allH3605 →
תּוֹרַ֣תto.Rat[the] law ofH8451 →
מֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehMosesH4872 →
וְאַחֲרָ֖יוve.'a.cha.Ravand after himH310 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
קָ֥םkamhe aroseH6965 →
כָּמֹֽהוּ׃ka.Mo.hulike himH3644 →

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Jeremiah 22:15Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.Job 1:8Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”2 Kings 18:5Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.Jeremiah 29:13You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.2 Kings 23:3So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.1 Kings 8:48and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,Malachi 4:4“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.John 7:19Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”1 Kings 2:4and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’1 Kings 15:5For 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 Uriah the Hittite.Nehemiah 10:29hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.Deuteronomy 4:29But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.1 Kings 21:25(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.

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