2 Chronicles 34:2
in 2 Chronicles 34And 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.
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ASV
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
KJV
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 34
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
eight years old when he began to reign
on 2 Chronicles 34:1-2
Chronicles opens Josiah exactly as Kings does, eight years old and one and thirty years on the throne, then adds its own refrain that he declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. That formula reads as the Chronicler's own verdict on a reign the book will spend two chapters defending. The parallel account in 2 Kings 22 carries the narrative in full; here the interest is the boy king's steadiness measured against his grandfather Manasseh's long departure.
The words behind it
12 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 |
| וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he walked | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּדַרְכֵי֙ | bedarkhei | in [the] ways of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| דָּוִ֣יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אָבִ֔יו | ʾaviv | ancestor his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| סָ֖ר | sar | he turned aside | H5493 → | 299 times |
| יָמִ֥ין | yamin | right | H3225 → | 140 times |
| וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ | usemol | and left | H8040 → | 54 times |
וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he did
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
הַיָּשָׁ֖רthe right
haiyasharH3477 →119 times
בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְand he walked
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
בְּדַרְכֵי֙in [the] ways of
bedarkheiH1870 →707 times
דָּוִ֣ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אָבִ֔יוancestor his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
סָ֖רhe turned aside
sarH5493 →299 times
יָמִ֥יןright
yaminH3225 →140 times
וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃and left
usemolH8040 →54 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
Joshua 1:7Above 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…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:32
So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 4:27
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 22:13
Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
- Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper…
- Joshua 11:15
As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Deuteronomy 5:32
Through
Deuteronomy 28:14Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
it leads to
- Isaiah 30:21
And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Isaiah 30:21
Through
Deuteronomy 5:32So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
it leads to
- 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…
- Joshua 23:6
Through
1 Kings 14:8I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart,…
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 28:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.