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2 Kings 18:3

David
Obedience

1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

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BSB
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
KJV
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
WEB
He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
ASV
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
DARBY
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
BLB
And he did right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that David his father had done.
ÅB
Han gjorde hva rett var i Herrens øyne, aldeles som hans far David hadde gjort.
OTB
Han gjorde det som var rett i Herrens øyne, i samsvar med alt det hans far David hadde gjort.
B1930
Han gjorde hvad rett var i Herrens øine, aldeles som hans far David hadde gjort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Kings 20:3

    I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

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  • 2 Kings 22:2

    And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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  • 1 Kings 15:11

    And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

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  • Deuteronomy 6:18

    And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

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  • Job 33:27

    He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

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  • 2 Chronicles 31:20–21

    And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

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  • Exodus 15:26

    And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

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  • 1 Kings 3:14

    And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

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