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He didוַיַּעַשׂwhat was rightהַיָּשָׁרin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWHיְהוָהand walkedוַיֵּלֶךְin allבְּכָלthe wayדֶּרֶךְof Davidדָּוִדhis father,אָבִיוand he did notוְלֹאturn asideסָרto the rightיָמִיןor to the left.וּשְׂמֹאול
2 Kings 22:2
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2 Kings 22:2, 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- and walkedיֵּלֶךְyelech
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “yelech” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avi” appears- turn asideסָרsar
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sar” appears- to the rightיָמִיןyamin
right side
The right side.
Where else “yamin” appears- or to the leftשְׂמֹאולsemovl
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semovl” appears
Parallel passages
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Josiah begins to reign
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2 Kings 22:1-2
1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. 2He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, and walked in the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
The context
1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
2 · This verse (above)
3And it happened, in year eighteen of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of YHWH, saying,