2 Chronicles 34:2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father: he declined not, neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:11According to his law; and thou shalt follow their sentence: neither shalt thou decline to the right hand nor to the left hand.
Deuteronomy 28:14And turn not away from them neither to the right hand, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.
Joshua 23:6Only take courage, and be careful to observe all things that are written in the book of the law of Moses: and turn not aside from them neither to the right hand nor to the left:
1 Kings 15:5Because David had done that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and had not turned aside from any thing that he commanded him, all the days of his life, except the matter of Urias the Hethite.
2 Chronicles 14:2And Asa did that which was good and pleasing in the sight of his God, and he destroyed the altars of foreign worship, and the high places.
2 Chronicles 17:4But in the God of his father, and walk in his commandments, 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 →