2 Chronicles 31:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫ וַיַּ֧עַשׂ כָּזֹ֛את יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּכָל־יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַטּ֤וֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר֙ וְהָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ ‬

Transliteration

And-wa-yaʿaś like-zōʾt Yĕḥizqiyyāhû in-all-Yĕhûdâ; and-wa-yaʿaś the-ṭôb and-the-yāšār and-the-ʾĕmet before YHWH his-ʾĕlōhāyw.

Grammar Details

*wa-yaʿaś*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he did
*zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
*Yĕḥizqiyyāhû*: proper noun - Hezekiah
*Yĕhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
*ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the good
*yāšār*: adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the upright
*ʾĕmet*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the truth
*ʾĕlōhāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his God

Word Meanings

*ṭôb*: good/pleasant/beneficial
*yāšār*: upright/straight/right
*ʾĕmet*: truth/faithfulness/reliability

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Acts 24:16 : 16 {G1161} {G1722} Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.
1 Thess 2:10 : 10 Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:
3 John 1:5 : 5 Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;
John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, 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.

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2 Chr 31:21
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21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
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2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
2 Kgs 18:3
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3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
2 Kgs 15:34
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34And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
2 Kgs 20:19-20
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19Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?
20Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Kgs 15:3
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3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
2 Chr 14:2
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2And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:
2 Chr 26:4-5
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4And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
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2 Kgs 22:2
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2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 Chr 20:32
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32And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.
2 Kgs 20:3
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3Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Isa 38:3
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3and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
2 Chr 34:2
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2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 Chr 32:30-32
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30This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
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32Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Isa 39:8
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8Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
2 Chr 30:19-20
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2 Chr 29:20
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2 Chr 31:2
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2 Kgs 18:5
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2 Chr 27:2
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2 Kgs 14:3
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2 Chr 31:11
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Ps 33:4
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2 Chr 32:25-26
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2 Chr 29:36
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2 Chr 25:2
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Ps 15:2
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2 Chr 24:2
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1 Kgs 15:11
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Ps 125:4
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2 Kgs 18:15
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2 Chr 32:22-23
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2 Chr 28:1
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2 Chr 29:30
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30Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
2 Kgs 20:13
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2 Chr 19:9
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2 Kgs 19:14
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2 Chr 30:22
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2And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.