2 Chronicles 25:2

2 Chronicles 25:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.
• New International Version (NIV)He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a loyal heart.

Context of 2 Chronicles 25:2

1Amaziah was 25 years old when he began to rule as king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother's name was Jehoaddin. She was from Jerusalem. He did things that the Lord said were good. But he was not completely faithful. 3Amaziah made himself strong to rule his kingdom with authority. Then he killed the officers who had murdered his father, King Joash. 4But he did not punish their sons with death. He obeyed the Lord's command that was written in the Book of the Law of Moses. The command says, ‘Do not punish fathers with death when their sons do bad things. Do not punish children with death when their fathers do bad things. Each person must die only because of his own sins.’

2 Chronicles 25:2 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה רַ֕ק לֹ֖א בְּלֵבָ֥ב שָׁלֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• rightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
• in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• but not with a perfectשָׁלֵםshâlêm · completeH8003
• heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 25:2

• 2 Chronicles 25:14After Amaziah's army had killed the soldiers from Edom, he returned to Judah. He brought back some idols of the gods that the people of Edom worshipped. He started to worship them as his own gods. He offered sacrifices to them.
• 2 Chronicles 24:2Joash did things that pleased the Lord. He continued to do that all the time that Jehoiada the priest was alive.
• 2 Chronicles 26:4Uzziah did things that the Lord said were good, as his father Amaziah had done.
• 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look at how handsome or how tall Eliab is. I have not chosen him. The Lord does not look at people in the way that people do. People look at the face and body of a person. But the Lord sees what they are like inside.’
• 2 Kings 14:4He did not remove the altars on the hills. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on those altars.
• Psalms 78:37They did not really trust him. They did not obey the covenant that he had made with them.
• Isaiah 29:13The Lord God says, ‘These people open their mouths to worship me. They use their lips to say that I am great. But they are not really thinking about me. When they worship me, they use rules that people have taught them.
• Hosea 10:2They do not truly trust God. They are guilty and they must receive their punishment. The Lord will break their altars. He will destroy their special pillars.
• Acts 8:21You cannot do the work which we are doing. God knows that you are not thinking the right things.
• James 4:8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Be clean in the way that you live. Stop doing wrong things. Make your minds clean. You cannot love sin and love God at the same time.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 25:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He did that which was right - He began his reign well, but soon became an idolater, 2 Chronicles 25:14, 2 Chronicles 25:15.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2but not wholeheartedly: See 2 Kings 14:3–4 for more details.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-42Ch 25:1-4. Amaziah Begins to Reign Well. 1. Amaziah was twenty and five years old, &c.--(See 2Ki 14:1-6). 2Ch 25:5-10. Having Hired an Army of Israelites against the Edomites, at the Word of a Prophet He Loses a Hundred Talents and Dismisses Them.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Amaziah

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 25

• 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