And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
Parallel translations
- WEB He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
- KJV And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
- NKJV And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.
- NASB He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his father David had done.
- NLT He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestor David had done.
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Quick answer
Hezekiah did what was right in Yahweh's eyes, just as David his father had done. He is measured by the gold standard of David's faithfulness.
Overview
Unlike many kings 'compared unfavorably,' Hezekiah receives the highest commendation: he walked in the pattern of David. This evaluation is covenantal, rooted in the promises made to David's house (2 Samuel 7). His obedience flowed from genuine trust rather than mere external religion. He foreshadows the greater Son of David who perfectly pleased the Father.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Kgs 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- 1 Kgs 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- 2 Chr 31:20–21So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
- 1 Kgs 15:11And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
- 2 Chr 29:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
- Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
- 1 Kgs 3:14So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
- 1 Kgs 11:38If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
- Exod 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
- Deut 6:18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
- 2 Kgs 22:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
- 1 Kgs 11:4For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- Ps 119:128Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
- Eph 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Rom 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
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