2 Kings 18:3

Easy-to-Read Version

Hezekiah did what the Lord said was right, just as David his ancestor had done.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestor David had done.

Hebrew Names Version
He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

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

English Standard Version
And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord , according to all that David his father had done.

New Century Version
Hezekiah did what the Lord said was right, just as his ancestor David had done.

New English Translation
He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

Amplified Bible
Hezekiah did right in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that David his father (ancestor) had done.

New American Standard Bible
He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his father David had done.

World English Bible
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lorde, according to all that Dauid his father had done.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

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

Contemporary English Version
Hezekiah obeyed the Lord , just as his ancestor David had done.

Complete Jewish Bible
He did what was right from Adonai 's perspective, following the example of everything David his ancestor had done.

Darby Translation
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

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

Good News Translation
Following the example of his ancestor King David, he did what was pleasing to the Lord .

Lexham English Bible
He did right in the eyes of Yahweh according to all that David his ancestor had done.

Literal Translation
And he did the right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father David did;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE, acordinge vnto all as dyd Dauid his father.

American Standard Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

Bible in Basic English
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he dyd that whiche is right in the sight of the Lord, according to al as did Dauid his father.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

King James Version (1611)
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Dauid his father did.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David did.

English Revised Version
And he did that which was right hi the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he dide that, that was good bifor the Lord, bi alle thingis, which Dauid, his fadir, hadde do.

Young's Literal Translation
And he doth that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did,

Update Bible Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

New King James Version
And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done.

New Living Translation
He did what was pleasing in the Lord 's sight, just as his ancestor David had done.

New Life Bible
Hezekiah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done.

New Revised Standard
He did what was right in the sight of the Lord just as his ancestor David had done.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, - according to all that, David his father, did.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he did that which was good before the Lord, according to all that David, his father, had done

Revised Standard Version
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done.

Contextual Overview

¹ Hezekiah son of Ahaz was king of Judah. Hezekiah began to rule during the third year that Hoshea son of Elah was king of Israel. ² Hezekiah was 25 years old when he began to rule. He ruled 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah. ³ Hezekiah did what the Lord said was right, just as David his ancestor had done. ⁴ Hezekiah destroyed the high places. He broke the memorial stones and cut down the Asherah poles. At that time the Israelites burned incense to the bronze snake made by Moses. This bronze snake was called "Nehushtan." Hezekiah broke this bronze snake into pieces. ⁵ Hezekiah trusted in the Lord , the God of Israel. There was no one like Hezekiah among all the kings of Judah before him or after him. ⁶ He was very faithful to the Lord and did not stop following him. He obeyed the commands that the Lord had given to Moses. ⁷ The Lord was with Hezekiah, so he was successful in everything he did. Hezekiah broke away from the king of Assyria and stopped serving him. ⁸ Hezekiah defeated the Philistines all the way to Gaza and the area around it. He defeated all the Philistine cities—from the smallest town to the largest city.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

right in the sight: 2 Kings 20:3, Exodus 15:26, Deuteronomy 6:18, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Job 33:27, Psalms 119:128, Romans 7:12, Ephesians 6:1

according: 2 Kings 22:2, 1 Kings 3:14, 1 Kings 11:4, 1 Kings 11:38, 1 Kings 15:5, 1 Kings 15:11, 2 Chronicles 29:2

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 16:2 - did not 2 Chronicles 17:3 - he walked

Cross-References

Genesis 32:5
I have many cattle, donkeys, flocks, and servants. Sir, I am sending you this message to ask you to accept us.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did. Some of the kings of Judah, that were better than some others, are said to do that which was right, but not like David; or they did as he did, but not according to all that he did, as is here said of Hezekiah.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He did that which was right ... - This is said without qualification of only three kings of Judah, Asa 1 Kings 15:11, Hezekiah, and Josiah 2 Kings 22:2. See some details of Hezekiah’s acts at the commencement of his reign in 2 Chronicles 29:0, etc. It is thought that his reformation was preceded, and perhaps caused, by the prophecy of Micah recorded in Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 3:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 18:3. He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord — In 2 Chronicles 29:1-36 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.