2 Chronicles 26:4
New International Version
He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

New Living Translation
He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah, had done.

English Standard Version
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

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

King James Bible
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

New King James Version
And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

New American Standard Bible
He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his father Amaziah had done.

NASB 1995
He did right in the sight of the LORD according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

NASB 1977
And he did right in the sight of the LORD according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

Amplified Bible
He did right in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his father Amaziah had done.

Christian Standard Bible
He did what was right in the LORD’s sight just as his father Amaziah had done.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He did what was right in the LORD’s sight as his father Amaziah had done.

American Standard Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he did what is beautiful before LORD JEHOVAH, just as what David his father did.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father did.

Contemporary English Version
He obeyed the LORD by doing right, as his father Amaziah had done.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father had done.

English Revised Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He did what the LORD considered right, as his father Amaziah had done.

Good News Translation
Following the example of his father, he did what was pleasing to the LORD.

International Standard Version
He practiced what the LORD considered to be right, following the example set by his father Amaziah's accomplishments.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he did that, which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

Literal Standard Version
And he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father Amaziah did,

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

New American Bible
He did what was right in the LORD’s sight, just as his father Amaziah had done.

NET Bible
He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

New Revised Standard Version
He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

New Heart English Bible
He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

World English Bible
He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

Young's Literal Translation
And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Amaziah his father did,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Uzziah Reigns in Judah
3Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. 4And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done. 5He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.…

Cross References
2 Kings 15:2
He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother's name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 15:34
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

2 Chronicles 24:2
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

2 Chronicles 26:3
Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother's name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 26:5
He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.


Treasury of Scripture

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

according to all

2 Chronicles 25:2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

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2 Chronicles 26
1. Uzziah succeeding, and reigning well in the days of Zechariah, prospers
16. Waxing proud, he invades the priest's office, and is smitten with leprosy
22. He dies, and Jotham succeeds him














Verse 4. - Right... according to... his father. His father's comparatively long reign, sullied by two frightful stains, which were fearfully visited with a long punishment and a fatal end, is graciously recognized here for the good that was in it, and apparently credited even with a "balance to the good."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And he did
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

[what was] right
הַיָּשָׁ֖ר (hay·yā·šār)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

in the eyes
בְּעֵינֵ֣י (bə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

just as
כְּכֹ֥ל (kə·ḵōl)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

his father
אָבִֽיו׃ (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

Amaziah
אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ (’ă·maṣ·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 558: Amaziah -- 'Yah is mighty', the name of several Israelites

had done.
עָשָׂ֖ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make


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OT History: 2 Chronicles 26:4 He did that which was right (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr)
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