1 Kings 15:5

because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,—and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him, all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

In Context

4But, for the sake of David, did Yahweh his God give him a lamp, in Jerusalem,—by raising up a son of his after him, and by suffering Jerusalem to stand;

6And there was, war, between Rehoboam and Jeroboam, all the days of his life.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:20that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left,—that he may prolong his days over his kingdom—he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.

2 Samuel 11:3And David sent and enquired after the woman,—and one said—Is not, this, Bath-sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?

2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon!

1 Kings 9:4As for thee, therefore, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, with a whole heart and with uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee,—and, my statutes and my regulations, wilt keep,

1 Kings 15:3And he walked in all the sins of his father which he had done before him,—and his heart was not blameless with Yahweh his God, like the heart of David his father.

2 Chronicles 34:2And he did that which was right, in the eyes of Yahweh,—and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside, to the right hand or to the left.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:2-9

Abijam's Reign. ( b. c. 958.) 1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish… Read the whole commentary →

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