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He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.

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He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed the ways of his father David,(A) not turning aside to the right or to the left.

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And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

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He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestor David had done.

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He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(A) had done.

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And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.

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27 Don’t get sidetracked;
    keep your feet from following evil.

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27 Do not turn to the right or the left;(A)
    keep your foot from evil.

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27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

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The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father’s early years[a] and did not worship the images of Baal.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:3 Some Hebrew manuscripts read the example of his father, David.

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David(A) before him. He did not consult the Baals

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And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

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[a]Asa did what was pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord his God.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:2 Verses 14:2-15 are numbered 14:1-14 in Hebrew text.

Asa King of Judah(A)

Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.(B)

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And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God:

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He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.

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He did what was right(A) in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right(B) or to the left.

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And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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For David had done what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and had obeyed the Lord’s commands throughout his life, except in the affair concerning Uriah the Hittite.

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For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep(A) any of the Lord’s commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah(B) the Hittite.

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Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

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I ripped the kingdom away from the family of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like my servant David, who obeyed my commands and followed me with all his heart and always did whatever I wanted.

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I tore(A) the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right(B) in my eyes.

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And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;

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“So be very careful to follow everything Moses wrote in the Book of Instruction. Do not deviate from it, turning either to the right or to the left.

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“Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law(A) of Moses, without turning aside(B) to the right or to the left.(C)

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Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

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