American Standard Version
2 Kings 18:3
3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
2 Kings 18:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.
- New International Version (NIV)He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.
Context of 2 Kings 18:3
1Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done. 4He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan. 5He trusted in Jehovah, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.
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וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה דָּוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Kings 18:3
- 2 Kings 20:3Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
- Exodus 15:26and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.
- Deuteronomy 6:18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,
- 2 Chronicles 31:20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God.
- Job 33:27He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:
- Psalms 119:128Therefore I esteem allthyprecepts concerning allthingsto be right; AndI hate every false way. פ PE.
- Romans 7:12So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- 2 Kings 22:2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
- 1 Kings 3:14And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
- 1 Kings 11:4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 15:5because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- 2 Chronicles 29:2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 18:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord - In chap. 29 of the second book of Chronicles, we have an account of what this pious king did to restore the worship of God. He caused the priests and Levites to cleanse the holy house, which had been shut up by his father Ahaz, and had been polluted with filth of various kinds; and this cleansing required no less than sixteen days to accomplish it. As the passover, according to the law, must be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3He did that which was right - This is said without qualification of only three kings of Judah, Asa 1 Kings 15:11, Hezekiah, and Josiah 2 Kings 22:2. See some details of Hezekiah‘s acts at the commencement of his reign in Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 3:12.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Unlike Ahaz (2 Kings 16:2), Hezekiah was more like David. Hezekiah destroyed false worship objects, including pagan shrines, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles (see 2 Kings 16:3–10; 17:9–11, 19). The bronze serpent used by Moses (Numbers 21) had become an object of improper worship.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-32Ki 18:1-3. Hezekiah's Good Reign. 1-2. Hezekiah ... began to reign. Twenty and five years old--According to this statement (compare 2Ki 16:2), he must have been born when his father Ahaz was no more than eleven years old. Paternity at an age so early is not unprecedented in the warm climates of the south, where the human frame is matured sooner than in our northern regions. But the case admits of solution in a different way. It was customary for the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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