2 Chronicles 34:2

And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and he walked in the ways of his father David. He did not turn away, neither to the right, nor to the left.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Josiah was eight years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

3Now in the eighth year of his reign, when he was still a boy, he began to seek the God of his father David. And in the twelfth year after he had begun to reign, he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the sacred groves, and the idols, and the graven images.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:11in accord with his law, and you shall follow their sentence. Neither shall you turn aside to the right or to the left.

Deuteronomy 28:14and will not turn aside from them, neither to the right, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.

Joshua 23:6Even so, be strengthened and be careful that you observe all the things that have been written in the book of the law of Moses, and that you do not turn aside from them, neither to the right, nor to the left.

1 Kings 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and he had not declined from all of the things that he had instructed to him, during all the days of his life, except the matter of Uriah, the Hittite.

2 Chronicles 14:2Now Asa did what was good and pleasing in the sight of his God. And he overturned the altars of foreign worship, and the high places.

2 Chronicles 17:4but in the God of his father. And he advanced in his precepts, and not according to the sins of Israel.

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 →

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