2 Kings 14:3 Parallel Translations

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

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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,

2 Kings 14:3 Cross References

XREF:

2 Kings 14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

2 Kings 14:4 Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

14:3 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.

MHC:

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.

CONC:

David Example Followed Joash Jo'ash Sight Though Yet

David Example Eyes Followed Joash Jo'ash Right Sight

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