New English Translation
2 Kings 18:3
3He did what the Lord approved, just 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
1In the third year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea son of Elah, Ahaz’s son Hezekiah became king over Judah. 2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah. He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done. 4He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan. 5He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.
Read all of 2 Kings 182 Kings 18:3 word by word
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה דָּוִ֥ד אָבִֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 18:3
- 2 Kings 20:3“Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Exodus 15:26He said, “If you will diligently obey the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
- Deuteronomy 6:18Do whatever is proper and good before the Lord so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,
- 2 Chronicles 31:20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.
- Job 33:27That person sings to others, saying: ‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
- Psalms 119:128For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions. פ (Pe)
- Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.
- 2 Kings 22:2He did what the Lord approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.
- 1 Kings 3:14If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life.”
- 1 Kings 11:4When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.
- 1 Kings 15:5He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.
- 2 Chronicles 29:2He did what the Lord approved, just 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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