2 Chronicles 29:2

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

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

In Context

1Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

3In the first year of his rule, in the first month, opening the doors of the Lord's house, he made them strong.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 17:3And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

2 Chronicles 26:4He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

2 Chronicles 34:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 29:2-12

Hezekiah's Good Reign. ( b. c. 726.) 1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that David his father had done. 3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord , and repaired them. 4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together… Read the whole commentary →

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