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He didוַיַּעַשׂwhat was rightהַיָּשָׁרin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהonlyרַקnotלֹאlike Davidכְּדָוִדhis father;אָבִיוhe didעָשָׂהaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרJoashיוֹאָשׁhis fatherאָבִיוhad done.עָשָׂה
2 Kings 14:3
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2 Kings 14:3, word by word
- He didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- what was rightיָּשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- like Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- Joashיוֹאָשׁyoash
Joash
Joash, the father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yoash” appears
Translation note
“David his father”: his ancestor; in Hebrew “father” is also said of ancestors.
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The reign of Amaziah
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2 Kings 14:1-6
1In year two of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, became king. 2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, only not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done. 4Only the high places did not go away; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. 5And it happened, as soon as the kingdom was firm in his hand, that he struck his servants who had struck the king his father. 6But the sons of those who struck him he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, which YHWH commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and sons shall not be put to death for fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”
1Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, only not with a whole heart. 3And it happened, as soon as the kingdom was firm upon him, that he killed his servants who had struck the king his father. 4But their sons he did not put to death, but acted according to what is written in the law, in the book of Moses, where YHWH commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not die for sons, and sons shall not die for fathers; but each shall die for his own sin.”
The context
2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
3 · This verse (above)
4Only the high places did not go away; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.