2 Kings 18:3

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“And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.”

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“And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And he doth that which <FI>is<Fi> right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 18:3 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
  2. Deuteronomy 6:18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
  3. Deuteronomy 10:12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
  4. 1 Kings 3:14So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
  5. 1 Kings 11:4For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
  6. 1 Kings 11:38If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
  7. 1 Kings 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  8. 1 Kings 15:11And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
  9. 2 Kings 12:3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
  10. 2 Kings 14:3And 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.
  11. 2 Kings 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  12. 2 Kings 22:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  13. 2 Chronicles 29:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
  14. 2 Chronicles 31:20So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
  15. Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
  16. Psalms 119:128Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
  17. Isaiah 38:3saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  18. Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
  19. Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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