Jeremiah 22:15

Is this what makes you a good king, that you wanted to have boards of cedar? 1 Did not your father also eat and drink, yet do justice and righteousness? Then things went well for him. 1

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Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

In Context

14he says, 'I will build for myself a large house with spacious upper rooms.' 1 So he cuts out large windows for it, and he panels it with cedar, and he paints it red.

16He judged in favor of the poor and needy. It was good then. Is this not what it means to know me?—this is Yahweh's declaration.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 8:15David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and righteousness to all his people.

1 Kings 10:9May Yahweh your God be praised, who has taken pleasure in you, who placed you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, he has made you king, for you to do justice and righteousness!”

2 Kings 23:25Before Josiah, there had been no king like him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, all his soul, and all his might, who followed all the law of Moses. Nor did any king like Josiah arise after him.

2 Chronicles 34:2He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his ancestor, and did not turn away either to the right or to the left.

2 Chronicles 35:12They removed the burnt offerings, in order to distribute them to the divisions of the ancestral houses of the people, to offer them to Yahweh, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the bulls.

2 Chronicles 35:26As for the other matters concerning Josiah, and his good deeds done in obedience to what is written in the law of Yahweh—

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 →

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