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2 Chronicles 34:2

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Chronicles 34:2 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 Chronicles 34:2 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 34

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.
2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.
4And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves [of them] that had sacrificed unto them.
5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“right in the sight: Ch2 14:2, Ch2 17:3, Ch2 29:2; Kg1 14:8, Kg1 15:5; Kg2 22:2 declined: Deu 5:32, Deu 17:11, Deu 17:20, Deu 28:14; Jos 1:7, Jos 23:6; Pro 4:27 2 Chronicles 34:3”
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