2 Kings 18:3
What does 2 Kings 18:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 18:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he doth that which <FI>is<Fi> right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he did that which was good before the Lord, according to all that David, his father, had done
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
Context
v.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.
v.3This passage
v.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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:26
and 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.
- 1 Kings 15:11
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father.
- Psalms 119:128
Therefore I esteem allthyprecepts concerning allthingsto be right; AndI hate every false way. פ PE.
- Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- 2 Chronicles 29:2
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
- 1 Kings 11:4
For 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.
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