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Hezekiah Destroys Idolatry in Judah

2 Kings 18:3

In 11 translations

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 Yahweh’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.
LSV
And he does that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father David did,
YLT
And he doth that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did,
DBY
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
DRC
And he did that which was good before the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
GNV
And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Dauid his father had done.
JPS
And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
LXXE
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David did.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה דָּוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησε Δαυὶδ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.

Who and where

👤 David👤 God◆ Reign of Hezekiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Kings 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • 2 Chronicles 29:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
  • 2 Chronicles 31:20–21So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God. He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the…
  • Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
  • 2 Kings 22:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  • 1 Kings 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • 1 Kings 11:38If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting…
  • Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases…
  • Deuteronomy 6:18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
  • 1 Kings 11:4For 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 3:14So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
  • 1 Kings 15:11And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
  • Psalms 119:128Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
  • Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
  • Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

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