Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 5:32 : 32 Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!
  • 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.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.
  • 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 You must obey all I command you to do, follow my instructions, do what I approve, and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; I will give you Israel.
  • 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 16:2 : 2 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 his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.
  • 2 Kgs 18:3 : 3 He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.
  • 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,
  • 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.
  • Prov 20:11 : 11 Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.
  • Ezek 18:14-17 : 14 “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example. 15 He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, 16 does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked, 17 refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live.