KJV King James Version
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
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2 Chronicles 27:2
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
WEB World English Bible
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: however he didn’t enter into the temple of Yahweh. The people still did corruptly.
ASV American Standard Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did; only, he hath not come in unto the temple of Jehovah; and again are the people doing corruptly.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 27
1 Jotham [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
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וַיַּ֨עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doהַיָּשָׁ֜רH3477 · ya.sharuprightבְּעֵינֵ֣יH5869 · a.yineyeיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDכְּכֹ֤לH3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichעָשָׂה֙H6213 · a.sahto make: doעֻזִּיָּ֣הוּH5818 · uz.ziy.yahUzziahאָבִ֔יוH1 · avfatherרַ֕קH7535 · raqexceptלֹא־H3808 · lonotבָ֖אH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הֵיכַ֣לH1964 · he.khaltempleיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְע֥וֹדH5750 · odstillהָעָ֖םH5971 · ampeopleמַשְׁחִיתִֽים׃H7843 · sha.chatto ruin
Cross-references
2 Kings 15:34-35And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.Acts 5:13And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.Psalm 119:120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.2 Chronicles 26:4And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.2 Chronicles 26:16-21But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to [his] destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
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