2 Chronicles 25:2
in 2 Chronicles 25And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
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ASV
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.
KJV
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 25
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
twenty and five years old when he began to reign
on 2 Chronicles 25:1-2
Amaziah's formula matches Kings almost word for word, but Chronicles trades the comparison to David and Joash for a different measure, not with a perfect heart. The phrase reads forward into the chapter rather than backward into his father's record, since the divided heart named here is exactly what breaks out at verse 14 when Amaziah brings home the gods of Seir. Jehoaddan of Jerusalem, his mother, is named in both accounts and nowhere else in Scripture.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
), that is, he was not a man of serious piety or devotion himself, nor had he any zeal for the exercises of religion. He was no enemy to it, but a cool and indifferent friend.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
He did that which was right - He began his reign well, but soon became an idolater, 2Ch 25:14, 2Ch 25:15.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַיָּשָׁ֖ר | haiyashar | the right | H3477 → | 119 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֣י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| רַ֕ק | rak | only | H7535 → | 109 times |
| לֹ֖א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| בְּלֵבָ֥ב | belevav | with a heart | H3824 → | 252 times |
| שָׁלֵֽם׃ | shalem | complete | H8003 → | 28 times |
וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he did
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
הַיָּשָׁ֖רthe right
haiyasharH3477 →119 times
בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
רַ֕קonly
rakH7535 →109 times
לֹ֖אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
בְּלֵבָ֥בwith a heart
belevavH3824 →252 times
שָׁלֵֽם׃complete
shalemH8003 →28 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
it leads to
- Psalms 145:18
The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- Malachi 3:7
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But…
- Zechariah 1:3
So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
- Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Psalms 145:18
Through
Isaiah 29:13Therefore 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…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 12:2
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Ezekiel 33:31–33
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
- Mark 7:2–13
and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
- Jeremiah 12:2
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.