2 Kings 14:3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
2 Kings 14:3 in other translations
| BSB | And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done. |
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| WEB | He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, yet not like David his father. He did according to all that Joash his father had done. |
| ASV | And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done. |
| YLT | and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like David his father, according to all that Joash his father did he hath done, |
| DARBY | And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done. |
| BBE | He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done. |
| Webster | And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. |
What does 2 Kings 14:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 14:3-6
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 14:1-7
Amaziah began well, but did not go on so. It is not enough to do that which our pious predecessors did, merely to keep up the common usage, but we must do it as they did, from the same principle of faith and devotion, and with the same sincerity and resolution.
2 Kings 14:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 14:3
- 2 Chronicles 25:2-3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
- 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 the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- Zechariah 1:4-6
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord. Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
- 1 Peter 1:18
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
- 2 Chronicles 24:17
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
- 1 Kings 15:3
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.
- 2 Chronicles 25:14-16
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
- Jeremiah 16:19
O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
- 2 Chronicles 24:2
And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
- 2 Kings 12:2
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
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Context
- 2 Kings 14:2
He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 14:3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
- 2 Kings 14:4
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
2 Kings 14:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y él hizo lo recto en ojos de Jehová, aunque no como David su padre: hizo conforme á todas las cosas que había hecho Joas su padre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de l’ Éternel, non pas toutefois comme David, son père; il fit selon tout ce que son père, Joas, avait fait; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er tat, was recht war in den Augen Jehovas, nur nicht wie sein Vater David; er tat nach allem, was sein Vater Joas getan hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et fecit rectum coram Domino, verumtamen non ut David pater ejus. Juxta omnia quæ fecit Joas pater suus, fecit: |