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New King James Version

2 Kings 14:3

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.

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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
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 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 2 Chronicles 25:1-26:2">[xr] In the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 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. 4 However the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 5 Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king. 6 But the children of the murderers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the Lord commanded, saying, "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; but a person shall be put to death for his own sin." Deuteronomy 24:16">[fn] 7 He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel 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 rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
Numbers 34:12
the border shall go down along the Jordan, and it shall end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its surrounding boundaries."'
Deuteronomy 3:17
the plain also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the east side of the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.
Joshua 3:16
that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
Psalms 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

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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