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2 Chronicles 29:2

David
Obedience

1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

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

3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

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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 had done.
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 handlet rettferdig i Herrens øyne, etter eksemplet satt av sin forfar David.
B1930
Han gjorde hvad rett var i Herrens øine, aldeles som hans far David hadde gjort.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 28:1

    Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

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  • 2 Chronicles 34:2

    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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