2 Kings 18 · Verse 3

2 Kings 18:3

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.
2 Kings 18:3, King James Version

2 Kings 18:3 in other translations

BSBAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
WEBHe did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
ASVAnd he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
YLTAnd he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did,
DARBYAnd he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
BBEHe did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.
WebsterAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

What does 2 Kings 18:3 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 He 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 celebrated the fourteenth of the first month, and the Levites could not get the temple cleansed before the sixteenth day, he published the passover for the fourteenth of the second month, and sent through all Judah and Israel to collect all the men that feared God, that the passover might be celebrated in a proper manner. The concourse was great, and the feast was celebrated with great magnificence. When the people returned to their respective cities and villages, they began to throw down the idol altars, statues, images, and groves, and even to abolish the high places; the consequence was that a spirit of piety began to revive in the land, and a general reformation took place.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 18:1-8

Hezekiah was a true son of David. Some others did that which was right, but not like David. Let us not suppose that when times and men are bad, they must needs grow worse and worse; that does not follow: after many bad kings, God raised one up like David himself. The brazen serpent had been carefully preserved, as a memorial of God's goodness to their fathers in the wilderness; but it was idle and wicked to burn…

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2 Kings 18:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he didH6213
הַיָּשָׁ֖רhai.ya.Sharthe rightH3477
בְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
כְּכֹ֥לke.Kholaccording to allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
עָשָׂ֖ה'a.Sahhe had doneH6213
דָּוִ֥דda.VidDavidH1732
אָבִֽיו\׃'a.Vivancestor hisH1

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 18:3

  • 2 Kings 20:3

    I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

  • 2 Kings 22:2

    And 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.

  • 1 Kings 15:11

    And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father.

  • Deuteronomy 6:18

    And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers,

  • Job 33:27

    He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

  • 2 Chronicles 31:20-21

    And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God. And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

  • Exodus 15:26

    And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

  • 1 Kings 3:14

    And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

  • 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 is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

  • 1 Kings 15:5

    Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:2

    And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
right in the sight.
20:3; Ex 15:26; De 6:18; 2Ch 31:20,21; Job 33:27; Ps 119:128
Ro 7:12; Eph 6:1
according.
22:2; 1Ki 3:14; 11:4,38; 15:5,11; 2Ch 29:2

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Context

  • 2 Kings 18:2

    Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

  • 2 Kings 18:3

    And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.

  • 2 Kings 18:4

    He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

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2 Kings 18:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hizo lo recto en ojos de Jehová, conforme á todas las cosas que había hecho David su padre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de l’ Éternel, selon tout ce qu’avait fait David, son père.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er tat, was recht war in den Augen Jehovas, nach allem, was sein Vater David getan hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fecitque quod erat bonum coram Domino, juxta omnia quæ fecerat David pater ejus.