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2 Kings 15:34

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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah 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; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

KJV

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

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This verse in 2 Kings 15

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 15:32 · Written before 373.

"In the second year of King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel, King Jotham son of Uzziah of Judah began to reign." After rising to power in that year, Jotham administered the government [of Judah] for sixteen years, earning great praise. While the second book …

This site's exposition

according to all that his father Uzziah had done

on 2 Kings 15:34-36

Jotham earns the same right verdict his father did, and the same qualification follows him, the high places were not removed, this chapter's second use of that formula after verse 4. He is credited with one specific work, the higher gate of the house of the Lord, a rare case in these short notices where a king's own building is named rather than only summarized. The closing formula points to a fuller record in the chronicles of the kings of Judah, the same source cited for every king in this chapter.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The history of many of the kings of Israel that reigned at the same time is given us in short, five in succession, all of whom, except one, went down slain to the pit, and their murders were their successors. Zachariah, the last of the house of Jehu, reigned six months, and then was slain and succeeded by Shallum,
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Josephus gives him a very high character, stating that he was pious towards God, just towards men, and laid out himself for the public good,--that, whatever was amiss, he took care to have it rectified,--and, in short, wanted no virtue that became a good prince.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jotham imitated his father in all respects, excepting in his impious usurpation of the priestly functions (2Ki 15:5 note; 2Ch 27:2).

The words behind it

10 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

  • כְּכֹ֧לaccording to all

    kekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֛הhe had done

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • עֻזִיָּ֥הוּUzziah

    ʾuziyahuH5818 →27 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.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

5 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 27:2

    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 15:34–35

      And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

    • Acts 5:13

      Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.

    • Psalms 119:120

      My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

    • 2 Chronicles 26:16–21

      But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar…

    • 2 Chronicles 26:4

      And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 15:32; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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