KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 2 Chronicles 29:2 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And 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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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And he did” | וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | did |
| “that which was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “right” | הַיָּשָׁ֖ר | Straight (literally or figuratively) | right |
| “in the sight” | בְּעֵינֵ֣י | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | sight |
| “of the Lord,” | יְהוָ֑ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “according to all” | כְּכֹ֥ל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | according all |
| “that” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
| “David” | דָּוִ֥יד | David, the youngest son of Jesse | David |
| “his father” | אָבִֽיו׃ | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | father |
| “had done.” | עָשָׂ֖ה | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | done |
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1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.
4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
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