2 Kings 14:3
in 2 Kings 14And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.
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ASV
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
KJV
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
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This verse in 2 Kings 14
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord,..... At least externally, and at the beginning of his reign: yet not like David his father; not with a perfect heart, with that sincerity and uprightness as he did, see 2Ch 25:2, he did according to all things as Joash his father did; who at first reigned well, and then fell into idolatry, as this his son did.
This site's exposition
yet not like David his father
on 2 Kings 14:3-4
Amaziah does right, but the text withholds David's full commendation and instead measures him against his own father Joash, whose early promise gave way to a fall at the end. The high places stand though the king begins well, the same qualified line used of Joash at 12:3. Both kings share the shape the narrator marks across the chapter: obedience at the start, apostasy that follows, and a conspiracy that ends the reign.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"In the second year of King Joash son of Ahaziah of Israel, King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah began to reign," who avenged the death of his father, but with moderation, so that he spared the life of the relatives of the conspirators according …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
It is not enough to do that which our pious predecessors did, merely to keep up the usage, but we must do it as they did it, from the same principle of faith and devotion and with the same sincerity and resolution. It is here taken notice of, as before, that the high places were not taken away,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
He did ... as Joash - There is a curious parity between the lives of Joash and Amaziah. Both were zealous for Yahweh in the earlier portion of their reigns, but in the latter part fell away; both disregarded the rebukes of prophets; and both, having forsaken God, were in the end conspired against and slain (compare 2Ch 24:25; 2Ch 25:27).
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
As in the case of his father Joash, the early promise was belied by the devious course he personally followed in later life (see 2Ch 20:14), as well as by the public irregularities he tolerated in the kingdom.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֤עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַיָּשָׁר֙ | haiyashar | the right | H3477 → | 119 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֣י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| רַ֕ק | rak | only | H7535 → | 109 times |
| לֹ֖א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| כְּדָוִ֣ד | kedavid | like David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אָבִ֑יו | ʾaviv | ancestor his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| כְּכֹ֧ל | kekhol | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֛ה | ʾasah | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יוֹאָ֥שׁ | yoash | Joash | H3101 → | 47 times |
| אָבִ֖יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| עָשָֽׂה׃ | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
וַיַּ֤עַשׂand he did
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
הַיָּשָׁר֙the right
haiyasharH3477 →119 times
בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
רַ֕קonly
rakH7535 →109 times
לֹ֖אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
כְּדָוִ֣דlike David
kedavidH1732 →999 times
אָבִ֑יוancestor his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
כְּכֹ֧לaccording to all
kekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֛הhe had done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
יוֹאָ֥שׁJoash
yoashH3101 →47 times
אָבִ֖יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
עָשָֽׂה׃he did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 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
1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:20
you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
- Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Psalms 49:7–8
No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
- 1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
- Galatians 1:4
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
- 1 Corinthians 6:20
Through
Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing…
it leads to
- Isaiah 25:4
For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like…
- Nahum 1:7
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
- Isaiah 25:4
Through
1 Kings 15:3And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 11:4
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- 1 Kings 11:4
About 2 Kings
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 16:1; 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.