He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his father Amaziah had done.
Parallel translations
- WEB He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
- KJV And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
- BSB And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
- NKJV And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done,
- NLT He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah, had done.
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Azariah did what was right in the Lord's eyes, just as his father Amaziah had done.
Overview
Like his father, Azariah's faithfulness was real but qualified and incomplete. The comparison to Amaziah signals both genuine devotion and the same shortfall in fully reforming worship. This recurring partial obedience among Judah's kings keeps alive the expectation of a perfectly righteous Davidic king, fulfilled only in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 2 Kgs 12:2–3Jehoash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
- 2 Kgs 14:3–4He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, yet not like David his father. He did according to all that Joash his father had done.
- 2 Chr 26:4He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
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