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2 Chronicles 29:2

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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David 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 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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

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.

This site's exposition

five and twenty years old

on 2 Chronicles 29:1-2

Hezekiah takes the throne at twenty five, the year after Ahaz shut the temple doors in the chapter before. Kings gives this reign three verses of formula before moving to the high places and the brazen serpent (2 Ki 18:1-4); Chronicles spends three whole chapters on the reopening the shorter account only assumes. Verse 2 measures him against David without qualification, the fuller comparison Henry notes several earlier kings in the book were denied: that which was right, but not like David.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He did that which was right - See the note on 2Ki 18:3.

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

  • דָּוִ֥ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • אָבִֽיו׃ancestor his

    ʾavivH1 →1212 times

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

Related verses

6 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 Chronicles 34:2And 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.7 works2 Kings 22:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.4 works1 Kings 3:14So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”3 works2 Chronicles 28:1Ahaz 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.2 works2 Kings 16:2Ahaz 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 his God.2 works2 Kings 18:3And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.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

    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.

    it 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 separate 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.

    it 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:

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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