2 Chronicles 29:2

2 Chronicles 29:2 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 had done.
• 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 Chronicles 29:2

1Hezekiah began to rule as king when he was 25 years old. He ruled for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah. He did what the Lord considered right, as his ancestor David had done. 3In the first month of his first year as king, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them. 4He brought the priests and Levites together in the square on the east side ⌞of the temple⌟.

2 Chronicles 29:2 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה דָּוִ֥יד אָבִֽיו׃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
• according to all that Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 29:2

• 2 Chronicles 34:2He did what the Lord considered right. He lived in the ways of his ancestor David and never stopped living this way.
• 2 Kings 18:3He did what the Lord considered right, as his ancestor David had done.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He did that which was right - See the note on 2 Kings 18:3.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 29:2

• Hezekiah
• Obedience

In the dictionaries

• David
• Covenant
• Dedication, Feast of the
• Filthiness
• Hezekiah
• Negligent
• Genealogy
• Hezekiah (2)
• Names, Proper
• Priests and Levites

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29

• 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