Jeremiah 22:15
Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel with cedar buildings? behold, thy father ate and drank, but he executed justice and righteousness: then was it well with him!
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2 Samuel 8:15And David reigned over all Israel; and David did what is just and right unto all his people.
1 Kings 10:9Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath had delight in thee, to place thee on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loveth Israel for ever, therefore hath he made thee king, to do justice and righteousness.
2 Kings 23:25And like unto him there was no king before him, that returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and after him there arose none like him.
2 Chronicles 34:2And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right or to the left.
2 Chronicles 35:12And they removed the burnt-offerings to give them to the divisions of the family divisions of the sons of the people, to offer [them] unto the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the steers.
2 Chronicles 35:26And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his pious deeds, in accordance with what is written in the law of the Lord,
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:11-20
The Doom of Shallum and Jehoiakim. ( b. c. 590.) 10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. 11 For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. 13 Woe unto him that buildeth… Read the whole commentary →