◄ 2 Chronicles 34:2 ►
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Good News Translation
He did what was pleasing to the LORD; he followed the example of his ancestor King David, strictly obeying all the laws of God.

New Revised Standard Version
He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of his ancestor David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

Contemporary English Version
He followed the example of his ancestor David and always obeyed the LORD.

New American Bible
He did what was right in the LORD’s sight, walking in the way of David his father, not turning right or left.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

right in the sight

2 Chronicles 14:2 And Asa did that which was good and pleasing in the sight of his God, and he destroyed the altars of foreign worship, and the high places.

2 Chronicles 17:3 And the Lord was with Josaphat, because he walked in the first ways of David his father: and trusted not in Baalim,

2 Chronicles 29:2 And he did that which was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.

1 Kings 14:8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to thee, and thou hast not been as my servant, David, who kept my commandments, and followed me with all his heart, doing that which was well pleasing in my sight:

1 Kings 15:5 Because David had done that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and had not turned aside from any thing that he commanded him, all the days of his life, except the matter of Urias, the Hethite.

2 Kings 22:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of David, his father: he turned not aside to the right hand, or to the left.

declined

Deuteronomy 5:32 Keep therefore and do the things which the Lord God hath commanded you: you shall not go aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

Deuteronomy 17:11,20 According to his law; and thou shalt follow their sentence: neither shalt thou decline to the right hand nor to the left hand. . . .

Deuteronomy 28:14 And turn not away from them neither to the right hand, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.

Joshua 1:7 Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou mayst observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost.

Joshua 23:6 Only take courage, and be careful to observe all things that are written in the book of the law of Moses: and turn not aside from them neither to the right hand nor to the left:

Proverbs 4:27 My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence,

Context
Josiah Reigns in Judah
1Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem. 2And 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.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 29:2
And he did that which was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.

2 Chronicles 34:3
And in the eighth year of his reign, when he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of his father David: and in the twelfth year after he began to reign, he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the idols, and the graven things.

2 Chronicles 34:1
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