2 Chronicles 34:2
And 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.
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1Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:11Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.
Deuteronomy 28:14Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.
Joshua 23:6So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;
1 Kings 15:5Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite.
2 Chronicles 14:2And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;
2 Chronicles 17:4But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 34:2-8
The Reign of Josiah. ( b. c. 623.) 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and… Read the whole commentary →