KJV King James Version
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
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2 Kings 15:34
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
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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.
WEB World English Bible
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
ASV American Standard Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
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 he hath done.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 15
31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they [are] written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
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2 Chronicles 26:4-5And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.2 Kings 15:3-4And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;2 Chronicles 27:2And 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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