2 Kings 15:34

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּכֹ֧ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֛ה עֻזִיָּ֥הוּ אָבִ֖יו עָשָֽׂה׃

Transliteration

wayyaʿaś hayyāšār bəʿênê YHWH kəkōl ʾăšer-ʿāśāh ʿuzziyyāhû ʾābîw ʿāśāh

Grammar Details

*wayyaʿaś*: conjunction + verb qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular apocopated consecutive - and he did
*hayyāšār*: definite article + adjective masculine singular - the right/upright
*bəʿênê*: preposition + noun feminine dual construct - in eyes of
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
*kəkōl*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - according to all
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - that/which
*ʿāśāh*: verb qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he did
*ʿuzziyyāhû*: proper noun - Uzziah
*ʾābîw*: noun masculine singular + suffix 3rd masculine singular - his father

Word Meanings

*wayyaʿaś*: and he did/made/performed
*hayyāšār*: the right/upright/straight/just
*bəʿênê*: in the eyes of/in the sight of
*ʿāśāh*: did/made/performed

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Authorized King James Version (1611)

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Textual basis: Primarily translated from the Masoretic Hebrew Text (OT) and the Textus Receptus Greek (NT), reflecting the scholarship of its time.
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Limited gender-inclusive language

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 26:4-5 : 4 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. 5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
2 Kgs 15:3-4 : 3 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
2 Chr 27:2 : 2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.

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3 Sixteen years old [was] Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
4 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
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1 ¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
3 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
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2 Chr 27:1-2
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1 ¶ Jotham [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
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2 Kgs 14:2-3
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2 Chr 34:2-3
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2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined [neither] to the right hand, nor to the left.
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2 Kgs 22:2
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2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
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2 Kgs 16:2-3
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2 Twenty years old [was] Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
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