2 Chronicles 34:2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
1Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:11Thou shalt do according to the law and to the judgment which they shall declare to thee: thou shalt not swerve to the right hand or to the left from any sentence which they shall report to thee.
Deuteronomy 28:14Thou shalt not turn aside from any of the commandments, which I charge thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Joshua 23:6Do ye therefore strive diligently to observe and do all things written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not to the right hand or to the left;
1 Kings 15:5Forasmuch as David did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he turned not from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life.
2 Chronicles 14:2And he removed the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke the pillars in pieces, and cut down the groves:
2 Chronicles 17:4but he sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in the commandments of his father, and not according to the works 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 →