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2 Kings 15:3

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 2 Kings 15:3 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And he did right in the eyes of Yahweh, like all that Amaziah his father had done.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And he did that which was pleasing before the Lord, according to all that his father Amasias had done.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and he doth that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Amaziah his father did,
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and he does that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father Amaziah did,
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, just as his father Amaziah had done.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And he did right in the eyes of Yahweh, like all that Amaziah his father had done.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    He did what was right in the Lord's sight, just as his father Amaziah had done.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

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Shared distinctive vocabulary

אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ Amaziah H558 occurs in 39 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 5 nouns
  • 1 adjective
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • וַיַּ֥עַשׂ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
  • עָשָׂ֖ה Qal · Perfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • וַיַּ֥עַשׂ to do H6213 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 20 words from the Hebrew and 22 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 9 Hebrew tokens and 15 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

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Topical passages linked to 2 Kings 15:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 2 Kings 12:2–3 Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
  • 2 Kings 14:3–4 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
  • 2 Chronicles 26:4 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Kings 15:3 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂ֖ה אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ אָבִֽיו

He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Kings 15:3 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ποιέω ὁ εὐθής ἐν ὀφθαλμός κύριος κατά πᾶς ὅσος ποιέω αμεσσιας ὁ πατήρ αὐτός

And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all things that Amessias his father did.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

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Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    וַעֲבַד דְכָשַׁר קֳדָם יְיָ כְּכֹל דַעֲבַד אֲמַצְיָה אֲבוּהִי:

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    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on 2 Kings 15:3 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ki 15:3 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

Ver. 3. According to all that his father Amaziah had done.] This is no great commendation: for neither of them did so well at last as at first, but apostatised.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Joseph Benson's Commentary

2Ki 15:3-4. According to all that his father had done — Like him beginning well, but not persevering. Save that — It should rather be read, howbeit, or nevertheless, (as in 2Ki 14:4,) the high places were not removed — That irregularity, in the mode and place of worship, still continued.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

So long as he gave ear to Zechariah the Prophet.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 3. He did that which was right] It is said, 2Ch 26:5, that he sought the Lord in the days of Zechariah the prophet, and God made him to prosper; that he fought against the Philistines; broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod; prevailed over the Arabians and Mehunims; and that the Ammonites paid him tribute; and his dominion extended abroad, even to the entering in of Egypt; that he built towers in Jerusalem, at the corner gate, valley gate, and turning of the wall; and built towers also in the desert, and digged many wells; that he had a very strong and well-regulated military force, which he provided with a well-stocked arsenal; and constructed many military engines to shoot arrows and project great stones; and that his fame was universally spread abroad.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(3) And he did that which was right.—This statement is repeated word for word in Chronicles. Its exact meaning here, as in other instances, is that Azariah supported the legitimate worship, and lent his countenance to no foreign cultus. When the chronicler adds that he “sought God in the days of (the prophet) Zachariah,” and that “as long as he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper,” he does not contradict the preceding general estimate of the king’s religious policy, but simply gives additional information respecting his life and fortunes.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

3. he did that which was right in the sight] R.V. eyes. i.e. His obedience to God’s law was partial, like that of his father, for he also allowed the high-places to remain and to be used for worship: and the close of Azariah’s reign was marked by further falling away, just as Amaziah’s had been before.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Save that the high places were not removed,.... That is, he did right, excepting in that instance, and which was the case of his father and other kings before him, and others afterwards, till Hezekiah came:

the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places; see Kg2 12:3.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Lord. Many laudable actions are specified, 2 Paralipomenon xxvi. 4. But at last, forgetting the instructions of the prophet Zacharias, he opened his heart to pride, the bane of great souls, and would arrogate to himself the rights of the priesthood, which brought on his leprosy. (Calmet)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

i.e. In the same manner, unsincerely, and but for a time.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. (comp. 2Ki_14:3 and 2Ch_26:4) Josephus uses still stronger expressions. "Azariah was," he says (l.s.c. ), "a good king, naturally just and high-minded, and indefatigable in his administration of affairs." According to the author of Chronicles, (2Ch_26:5) he "sought God in the days of Zechariah."

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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2 Kings, in the Historical, opens this verse with 9 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼĂmatsyâh (“Amaziah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “Amaziah” (ʼĂmatsyâh) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. How does 2 Kings 12:21, which shares the word «Amaziah», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “to do” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. «וַיַּ֥עַשׂ» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Joseph Benson's Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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