2 Chronicles 27:2

And he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father Uzziah did; only, he has not come into the temple of YHWH; and again the people are doing corruptly.

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In The King James Version

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.

In Context

1Jotham [is] a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

3He has built the Upper Gate of the house of YHWH, and in the wall of Ophel he has built abundantly;

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Cross References

Exodus 32:7And YHWH says to Moses, “Go, descend, for your people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt have done corruptly,

2 Chronicles 26:4And he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father Amaziah did,

Psalms 119:120My flesh has trembled from Your fear, || And I have been afraid from Your judgments!

Acts 5:13and of the rest no one was daring to join himself to them, but the people were magnifying them,

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 27:2-9

The Reign of Jotham. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord . And the people did yet corruptly. 3 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord , and on the wall of Ophel he built much. 4 Moreover he built cities in the… Read the whole commentary →

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