2 Kings 14:3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash.

2 Kings 14:3

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New International Version (©1984)
He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Amaziah did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight, but not like his ancestor David. Instead, he followed the example of his father, Joash.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father. He did in all things as Joash his father had done.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He did right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He did what the LORD considered right, but not exactly what his ancestor David had done. He did everything his father Joash had done.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

American King James Version
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

American Standard Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he did that which was right before the Lord, but yet not like David his father. He did according to all things that Joas his father did:

Darby Bible Translation
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

English Revised Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

World English Bible
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

Young's Literal Translation
and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like David his father, according to all that Joash his father did he hath done,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He did ... as Joash - There is a curious parity between the lives of Joash and Amaziah. Both were zealous for Yahweh in the earlier portion of their reigns, but in the latter part fell away; both disregarded the rebukes of prophets; and both, having forsaken God, were in the end conspired against and slain (compare 2 Chronicles 24:25; 2 Chronicles 25:27).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord,..... At least externally, and at the beginning of his reign:

yet not like David his father; not with a perfect heart, with that sincerity and uprightness as he did, see 2 Chronicles 25:2,

he did according to all things as Joash his father did; who at first reigned well, and then fell into idolatry, as this his son did.

Geneva Study Bible

And he did that which was {a} right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

(a) In the beginning of his reign he seemed to have an outward show of godliness, but later he became an idolater and worshipped the idols of the Idumeans.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

3-6. He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father-The beginning of his reign was excellent, for he acted the part of a constitutional king, according to the law of God, yet not with perfect sincerity of heart (compare 2Ch 25:2). As in the case of his father Joash, the early promise was belied by the devious course he personally followed in later life (see 2Ch 20:14), as well as by the public irregularities he tolerated in the kingdom.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:1-7 Amaziah began well, but did not go on so. It is not enough to do that which our pious predecessors did, merely to keep up the common usage, but we must do it as they did, from the same principle of faith and devotion, and with the same sincerity and resolution.

2 Kings 14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 14:4 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

New International Version ©1984 by Biblica

David Example Followed Joash Jo'ash Sight Though Yet

David Example Eyes Followed Joash Jo'ash Right Sight

David Example Eyes Followed Joash Jo'ash Right Sight

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

A.M. 3165-3194 B.C. 839-810
he did 2Ki 12:2 1Ki 11:4 15:3 2Ch 25:2,3

he did according 2Ch 24:2,17 25:14-16 Jer 16:19 Zec 1:4-6 1Pe 1:18

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