God’s Word Translation
2 Kings 18:3
3He did what the Lord considered right, as his ancestor David 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
1King Hoshea, son of Elah, had been king in Israel for three years when King Hezekiah, son of Ahaz of Judah, began to rule as king. 2Hezekiah was 25 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abi, daughter of Zechariah. He did what the Lord considered right, as his ancestor David had done. 4He got rid of the illegal places of worship, crushed the sacred stones, and cut down the poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. He even crushed the bronze snake that Moses had made because up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. They called it Nehushtan. 5Hezekiah trusted the Lord God of Israel. No king among all the kings of Judah was like Hezekiah.
Read all of 2 Kings 182 Kings 18:3 word by word
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה דָּוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Kings 18:3
- 2 Kings 20:3“Please, Lord, remember how I’ve lived faithfully and sincerely in your presence. I’ve done what you consider right.” And he cried bitterly.
- Exodus 15:26He said, “If you will listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what he considers right, if you pay attention to his commands and obey all his laws, I will never make you suffer any of the diseases I made the Egyptians suffer, because I am the Lord, who heals you.”
- Deuteronomy 6:18Do what the Lord considers right and good. Then things will go well for you, and you will enter and take possession of that good land which the Lord promised to your ancestors with an oath.
- 2 Chronicles 31:20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and right and true to the Lord his God.
- Job 33:27Each one sings in front of other people and says, ‘I sinned and did wrong instead of what was right, and it did me no good.
- Psalms 119:128I follow the straight paths of your guiding principles. I hate every pathway that leads to lying.
- Romans 7:12So the laws in Moses’ Teachings are holy, and the commandment is holy, right, and good.
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents because you are Christians. This is the right thing to do.
- 2 Kings 22:2Josiah did what the Lord considered right. He lived in the ways of his ancestor David and never stopped.
- 1 Kings 3:14And if you follow me and obey my laws and commands as your father David did, then I will also give you a long life.”
- 1 Kings 11:4In his old age, his wives tempted him to follow other gods. He was no longer committed to the Lord his God as his father David had been.
- 1 Kings 15:5The Lord did this because David did what the Lord considered right: David never failed to do anything the Lord commanded him to do his entire life (except in the matter concerning Uriah the Hittite).
- 2 Chronicles 29:2He did what the Lord considered right, as his ancestor David 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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