2 Chronicles 34:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 29:2 : 2 He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.
  • Prov 4:27 : 27 Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.
  • Deut 5:32 : 32 Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!
  • Deut 17:11 : 11 You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.
  • Deut 17:20 : 20 Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom in Israel.
  • Deut 28:14 : 14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship them.
  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do.
  • Josh 23:6 : 6 Be very strong! Carefully obey all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won’t swerve from it to the right or the left,
  • 1 Kgs 14:8 : 8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 He 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.
  • 2 Kgs 22:2 : 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.
  • 2 Chr 14:2 : 2 Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments(14:1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.
  • 2 Chr 17:3 : 3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Kgs 22:1-2
    2 verses
    96%

    1Josiah Repents Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

    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 20:32
    85%

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

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    84%

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    82%

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

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    82%

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

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    81%

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

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    80%

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    80%

    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 26:4
    79%

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

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    79%

    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 17:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,

    4but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 12:2
    78%

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

  • 2 Chr 24:2
    77%

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

  • 2 Chr 34:1
    77%

    1Josiah Institutes Religious Reforms Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 34:31-33
    3 verses
    76%

    31The king stood by his pillar and renewed the covenant before the LORD, agreeing to follow the LORD and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll.

    32He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.

    33Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged all who were in Israel to worship the LORD their God. Throughout the rest of his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD God of their ancestors.

  • 2 Chr 14:2
    76%

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    76%

    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 13:2
    75%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    75%

    11He 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; he continued in those sins.

  • 2 Chr 34:3
    75%

    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 25:2
    75%

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

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
    75%

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

  • 2 Chr 31:20
    75%

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

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    74%

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

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    74%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    74%

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

  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    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 Kgs 18:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

    6He was loyal to the LORD and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the LORD had given to Moses.

  • 2 Kgs 23:25
    73%

    25No king before or after repented before the LORD as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
    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 ahead of the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    73%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

  • 1 Kgs 15:5
    73%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2
    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 from before the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    72%

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

  • Jer 52:2
    72%

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

  • 2 Kgs 21:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped.

    22He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not follow the LORD’s instructions.

  • 1 Kgs 9:4
    72%

    4You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

    3He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out from before the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
    71%

    24He 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 Chr 35:26
    71%

    26The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign, including the faithful acts he did in obedience to what is written in the law of the LORD

  • 1 Kgs 2:3
    71%

    3Do the job the LORD your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    71%

    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.