2 Chronicles 31:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD 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 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now 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 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.
Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
1 Thess 2:10 : 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
3 John 1:5 : 5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
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 the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing 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 sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
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3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
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34And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: 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 the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
20And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, 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 the LORD his God:
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4And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
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2And 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.
2 Chr 20:32
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2 Kgs 20:3
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3I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now 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 LORD, 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.
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2And 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.
2 Chr 32:30-32
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32Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
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