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2 Chronicles 34:2

David
Obedience

1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

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.

3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

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BSB
And 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.
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.
WEB
He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left.
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.
DARBY
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left.
BLB
And he did right in the eyes of YHWH and walked in the ways of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
ÅB
Han gjorde hva rett var i Herrens øyne, og vandret på sin far Davids veier; han vek ikke av hverken til høyre eller til venstre.
OTB
Han gjorde det som var rett i Herrens øyne, og vandret på sin far Davids veier, og vek ikke av til høyre eller til venstre.
B1930
Han gjorde hvad rett var i Herrens øine, og vandret på sin far Davids veier; han vek ikke av hverken til høire eller til venstre.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:2

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

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  • Joshua 1:7

    Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

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  • 2 Chronicles 14:2

    And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

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  • Deuteronomy 28:14

    And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:32

    Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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  • Joshua 23:6

    Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

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  • 1 Kings 15:5

    Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

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  • 2 Chronicles 17:3

    And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

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