2 Chronicles 34:2

And 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Eight years old, was Josiah when he begun to reign,—and, thirty-one years, reigned he in Jerusalem.

3And, in the eighth year of his reign, he, being yet a boy, he began to seek unto the God of David his father,-and, in the twelfth year, he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, from the high places and the Sacred Stems, and the carved images and the molten images.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:11according to the direction wherewith they direct thee and after the judgment which they shall announce to thee, shalt thou do,—thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee to the right hand or to the left.

Deuteronomy 28:14and dost not turn side from any of the words which I am commanding you to-day, to the right hand or to the left,—to go after other gods, to serve them,

Joshua 23:6Therefore must ye be very firm to observe and to do all that is written in the scroll of the law of Moses,—so as not to turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left;

1 Kings 15:5because 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.

2 Chronicles 14:2And Asa did that which was good and that which was right, in the eyes of Yahweh his God;

2 Chronicles 17:4for, unto the God of his father, he sought, and, in his commandments, he walked,—and not according to the doing 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 →

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