2 Chronicles 34:2
He did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
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1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:11according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Deuteronomy 28:14and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Joshua 23:6Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the scroll of the Law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
1 Kings 15:5because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
2 Chronicles 14:2Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God:
2 Chronicles 17:4but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings 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 →