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2 Kings 14:3

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amaziah;   Joash or Jehoash;   Raguel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Amaziah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehoash;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amaziah;   Bee;   Kings, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - David;   High Place;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Amaziah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amaziah ;   Joash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Amaziah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Psalms, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He did what was right in the Lord’s sight, but not like his ancestor David. He did everything his father Joash had done.
Hebrew Names Version
He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Yo'ash his father had done.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord , yet not like David his father. He did in all things as Joash his father had done.
New Century Version
Amaziah did what the Lord said was right. He did everything his father Joash had done, but he did not do as his ancestor David had done.
New English Translation
He did what the Lord approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash.
Amplified Bible
He did right in the sight of the LORD, though not like David his father (ancestor). He acted in accordance with everything that his father Joash had done.
New American Standard Bible
He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like his father David; he acted in accordance with everything that his father Joash had done.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, yet not like Dauid his father, but did according to all that Ioash his father had done.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
Contemporary English Version
Amaziah followed the example of his father Joash by obeying the Lord and doing right. But he was not as faithful as his ancestor David.
Complete Jewish Bible
He did what was right from Adonai 's perspective, although not like David his ancestor; he lived the same way as his father Yo'ash.
Darby Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Amaziah did what the Lord said was right, but he did not follow God completely like David his ancestor. Amaziah did everything that Joash his father had done.
George Lamsa Translation
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 that Joash his father did.
Good News Translation
He did what was pleasing to the Lord , but he was not like his ancestor King David; instead, he did what his father Joash had done.
Lexham English Bible
He did right in the eyes of Yahweh, only not as David his ancestor; as all which Jehoash his father had done, he did.
Literal Translation
And he did the right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not like his father David; he did according to all that his father Joash did;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE: yet not as his father Dauid, but euen as his father Ioas did so dyd he also:
American Standard Version
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he did that which is good in the sight of the Lorde, yet not lyke Dauid his father: but did according to all thinges as Ioas his father did.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
King James Version (1611)
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like Dauid his father: hee did according to all things as Ioash his father did.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not as David his father: he did according to all things that his father Joas did.
English Revised Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he dide riytfulnesse bifor the Lord, netheles not as Dauid, his fadir; he dide bi alle thingis whiche Joas, his fadir, dide, no but this oonli,
Young's Literal Translation
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,
Update Bible Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
New King James Version
And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like his father David; he did everything as his father Joash had done.
New Living Translation
Amaziah did what was pleasing in the Lord 's sight, but not like his ancestor David. Instead, he followed the example of his father, Joash.
New Life Bible
Amaziah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not like David his father. He did all that his father Joash had done.
New Revised Standard
He did what was right in the sight of the Lord , yet not like his ancestor David; in all things he did as his father Joash had done.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, only, not like David his father: according to all that Joash his father did, so he did;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he did that which was right before the Lord, but yet not like David his father. He did according to all things that Joas his father, did:
Revised Standard Version
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did in all things as Jo'ash his father had done.
THE MESSAGE
He lived the way God wanted and did the right thing. But he didn't come up to the standards of his ancestor David; instead he lived pretty much as his father Joash had; the local sex-and-religion shrines continued to stay in business with people frequenting them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He did right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

Contextual Overview

1 In the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah, the son of Joash, became king of Judah. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 3 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. 4 But still the high places were not taken away; the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. 5 Now when he became strong in the kingdom, straight away he put to death those servants who had taken the life of the king his father; 6 But he did not put their children to death; for the orders of the Lord recorded in the book of the law of Moses say, The fathers are not to be put to death for the children, or the children for their fathers; but a man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done. 7 He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3165-3194, bc 839-810

he did: 2 Kings 12:2, 1 Kings 11:4, 1 Kings 15:3, 2 Chronicles 25:2, 2 Chronicles 25:3

he did according: 2 Chronicles 24:2, 2 Chronicles 24:17, 2 Chronicles 25:14-16, Jeremiah 16:19, Zechariah 1:4-6, 1 Peter 1:18

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:43 - the high 2 Kings 15:3 - General 2 Kings 16:2 - did not 2 Chronicles 17:3 - he walked Jeremiah 34:15 - ye

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Numbers 34:12
And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.
Deuteronomy 3:17
As well as the Arabah, with the river Jordan as their limit, from Chinnereth to the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
Joshua 3:16
Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.
Psalms 107:34
He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord,..... At least externally, and at the beginning of his reign:

yet not like David his father; not with a perfect heart, with that sincerity and uprightness as he did, see 2 Chronicles 25:2,

he did according to all things as Joash his father did; who at first reigned well, and then fell into idolatry, as this his son did.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He did ... as Joash - There is a curious parity between the lives of Joash and Amaziah. Both were zealous for Yahweh in the earlier portion of their reigns, but in the latter part fell away; both disregarded the rebukes of prophets; and both, having forsaken God, were in the end conspired against and slain (compare 2 Chronicles 24:25; 2 Chronicles 25:27).


 
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