2 Chronicles 29:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 28:1 : 1 Ahaz’s Reign Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the LORD, in contrast to his ancestor David.
  • 2 Chr 34:2 : 2 He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 18:1-3
    3 verses
    89%

    1Hezekiah Becomes King of Judah In the third year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea son of Elah, Ahaz’s son Hezekiah became king over Judah.

    2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    85%

    34He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    84%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    84%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 2 Chr 34:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

    3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

  • 2 Chr 26:4-5
    2 verses
    83%

    4He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

    5He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed the LORD, God caused him to succeed.

  • 2 Chr 31:20-21
    2 verses
    83%

    20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful.

    21He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
    79%

    11Asa did what the LORD approved like his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 14:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

    3He did what the LORD approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash.

  • 2 Chr 29:1
    79%

    1Hezekiah Consecrates the Temple Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    78%

    32He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    78%

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.(He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning.

  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Ahaz’s Reign Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the LORD, in contrast to his ancestor David.

    2He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

  • 2 Chr 14:2
    78%

    2Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments(14:1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.

  • 2 Chr 25:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.

    3When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father the king.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    77%

    32He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    75%

    9He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    75%

    37He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2
    75%

    2Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the LORD his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.

  • Jer 52:2
    75%

    2He did what displeased the LORD just as Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 12:2
    75%

    2Jehoash did what the LORD approved all his days when Jehoiada the priest taught him.

  • 2 Chr 24:2
    74%

    2Joash did what the LORD approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

  • 2 Kgs 24:19
    74%

    19He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2
    73%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out from before the Israelites.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    3He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.

  • 1 Kgs 15:5
    72%

    5He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    72%

    43He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.(22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
    72%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out ahead of the Israelites.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    71%

    52He did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed in the footsteps of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 17:2
    71%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.

  • 2 Chr 32:32-33
    2 verses
    71%

    32The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign, including his faithful deeds, are recorded in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, included in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

    33Hezekiah passed away and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. His son Manasseh replaced him as king.

  • 2 Kgs 21:20
    71%

    20He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just like his father Manasseh had done.

  • 2 Kgs 16:20
    71%

    20Ahaz passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.

  • 2 Kgs 20:21
    71%

    21Hezekiah passed away and his son Manasseh replaced him as king.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    70%

    9He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Chr 29:3
    70%

    3In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the LORD’s temple and repaired them.

  • 2 Kgs 18:5
    70%

    5He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.

  • 2 Chr 28:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26The rest of the events of Ahaz’s reign, including his accomplishments from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

    27Ahaz passed away and was buried in the city of Jerusalem; they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
    69%

    28He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    69%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He continued in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins.