2 Kings 22:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ בְּכָל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יו וְלֹא־סָ֖ר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃

Transliteration

Wayya'as the-yashar in-eyney YHWH wayyelekh in-all-derekh David aviv and-not-sar yamin and-semol.

Grammar Details

*Wayya'as*: verb, waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he did
*yashar*: adjective, masculine, singular, absolute - right/straight
*eyney*: common noun, feminine, dual construct - eyes of
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*wayyelekh*: verb, waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he walked
*derekh*: common noun, masculine, singular, construct - way of
*David*: proper noun, masculine - David
*aviv*: common noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his father
*sar*: verb, perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - turned aside
*yamin*: common noun, masculine, singular - right
*semol*: common noun, masculine, singular - left

Word Meanings

*wayya'as*: and he did/and he made
*yashar*: right/straight/what is right
*derekh*: way/path/manner
*sar*: turned aside/deviated

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Referenced Verses

Deut 5:32 : 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.
1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
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.
2 Kgs 16:2 : 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father.
2 Kgs 18:3 : 3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
2 Chr 17:3 : 3 And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,
2 Chr 29:2 : 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
Prov 4:27 : 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
Prov 20:11 : 11 Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Ezek 18:14-17 : 14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like; 15 that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbor's wife, 16 neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 17 that hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, that hath not received interest nor increase, hath executed mine ordinances, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

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