KJV King James Version
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
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2 Chronicles 26:4
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
WEB World English Bible
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
ASV American Standard Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Amaziah his father did,
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 26
1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who [was] sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
3 Sixteen years old [was] Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
4 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.
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