2 Kings 22:2
What does 2 Kings 22:2 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 22:2 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, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in all the way of David his father, and hath not turned aside--right or left.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of David, his father: he turned not aside to the right hand, or to the left.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left.
Context
v.1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
v.2This passage
v.3And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Proverbs 20:11
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
- Joshua 1:7
Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.
- 1 Kings 11:38
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
- 2 Kings 18:3
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
- 2 Chronicles 17:3
And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,