◄ 2 Chronicles 29:2 ►
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Good News Translation
Following the example of his ancestor King David, he did what was pleasing to the LORD.

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

Contemporary English Version
Hezekiah obeyed the LORD by doing right, just as his ancestor David had done.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he did that which was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

2 Chronicles 28.,1

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: he declined not, neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

2 Kings 18:3 And he did that which was good before the Lord, according to all that David, his father, had done


Of several of Hezekiah's predecessors it had been said that they did that which was right, but not like David, that is, not with David's integrity and zeal.

Context
Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple
1Now Ezechias began to reign, when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abia, the daughter of Zacharias. 2And he did that which was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.3In the first year and month of his reign he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.…
Cross References
2 Kings 18:2
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abi, the daughter of Zacharias.

2 Chronicles 28:1
Achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord as David his father had done,

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: he declined not, neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

2 Chronicles 29:1
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