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Monday, July 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 25:2

He did what was pleasing to the Lord , but did it reluctantly.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Backsliders;   Deterioration-Development;   Earnestness-Indifference;   Half-Heartedness;   Service;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Joash or Jehoash;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amaziah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alliance;   Chronicles, I;   Perfection;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amaziah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Amaziah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 28;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He did what was right in the Lord’s sight but not wholeheartedly.
Hebrew Names Version
He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
King James Version
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , but not with a perfect heart.
English Standard Version
And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord , yet not with a whole heart.
New Century Version
Amaziah did what the Lord said was right, but he did not really want to obey him.
New English Translation
He did what the Lord approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.
Amplified Bible
He did right in the sight of the LORD, yet not wholeheartedly.
New American Standard Bible
He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, only not wholeheartedly.
World English Bible
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, but not with a perfect heart.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he did vprightly in the eyes of the Lord, but not with a perfite heart.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, yet not with a whole heart.
Berean Standard Bible
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
Contemporary English Version
Even though Amaziah obeyed the Lord by doing right, he refused to be completely faithful.
Complete Jewish Bible
He did what was right from Adonai 's perspective, but not wholeheartedly.
Darby Translation
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not with a perfect heart.
Easy-to-Read Version
Amaziah did what the Lord wanted him to do, but not with all his heart.
George Lamsa Translation
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
Lexham English Bible
And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, only not with a fully-devoted heart.
Literal Translation
And he did the right in the eyes of Jehovah; only, not with a perfect heart.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he dyd yt which was right in the sighte of the LORDE, but not wt a whole her.
American Standard Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.
Bible in Basic English
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he dyd that which is right in the sight of the Lorde, but not with a perfect heart.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not with a whole heart.
King James Version (1611)
And hee did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfite heart.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.
English Revised Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he dide good in the siyt of the Lord, netheles not in perfit herte.
Update Bible Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, but not with a perfect heart.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
New King James Version
And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a loyal heart.
New Living Translation
Amaziah did what was pleasing in the Lord 's sight, but not wholeheartedly.
New Life Bible
Amaziah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not with a whole heart.
New Revised Standard
He did what was right in the sight of the Lord , yet not with a true heart.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, - only not with a whole heart.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he did what was good in the sight of the Lord: but yet not with a perfect heart.
Revised Standard Version
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not with a blameless heart.
Young's Literal Translation
and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah -- only, not with a perfect heart.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He did right in the sight of the LORD, yet not with a whole heart.

Contextual Overview

1 Amaziah became king at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem. 2 He did what was pleasing to the Lord , but did it reluctantly. 3 As soon as he was firmly in power, he executed the officials who had murdered his father. 4 He did not, however, execute their children, but followed what the Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses: "Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; people are to be put to death only for crimes they themselves have committed." 5 King Amaziah organized all the men of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin into army units, according to the clans they belonged to, and placed officers in command of units of a thousand and units of a hundred. This included all men twenty years of age or older, 300,000 in all. They were picked troops, ready for battle, skilled in using spears and shields. 6 In addition, he hired 100,000 soldiers from Israel at a cost of about four tons of silver. 7 But a prophet went to the king and said to him, "Don't take these Israelite soldiers with you. The Lord is not with these people from the Northern Kingdom. 8 You may think that they will make you stronger in battle, but it is God who has the power to give victory or defeat, and he will let your enemies defeat you." 9 Amaziah asked the prophet, "But what about all that silver I have already paid for them?" The prophet replied, "The Lord can give you back more than that!" 10 So Amaziah sent the hired troops away and told them to go home. At this they went home, bitterly angry with the people of Judah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

but not: 2 Chronicles 25:14, 2 Chronicles 24:2, 2 Chronicles 26:4, 1 Samuel 16:7, 2 Kings 14:4, Psalms 78:37, Isaiah 29:13, Hosea 10:2, Acts 8:21, James 1:8, James 4:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:9 - perfect Numbers 14:24 - followed me 1 Kings 11:4 - his heart 1 Kings 15:3 - and his heart 1 Kings 15:14 - was perfect 2 Kings 12:2 - General 2 Kings 14:3 - he did Psalms 119:80 - sound Isaiah 38:3 - a perfect Luke 11:39 - but Revelation 3:2 - thy works

Cross-References

Genesis 25:1
Abraham married another woman, whose name was Keturah.
Genesis 25:4
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were Keturah's descendants.
Genesis 25:15
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
Genesis 25:16
They were the ancestors of twelve tribes, and their names were given to their villages and camping places.
Genesis 25:17
Ishmael was 137 years old when he died.
Genesis 25:18
The descendants of Ishmael lived in the territory between Havilah and Shur, to the east of Egypt on the way to Assyria. They lived apart from the other descendants of Abraham.
Genesis 25:32
Esau said, "All right! I am about to die; what good will my rights do me?"
Genesis 25:33
Jacob answered, "First make a vow that you will give me your rights." Esau made the vow and gave his rights to Jacob.
Genesis 37:28
and when some Midianite traders came by, the brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
Genesis 37:36
Meanwhile, in Egypt the Midianites had sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of the king's officers, who was the captain of the palace guard.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 25:2. He did that which was right — He began his reign well, but soon became an idolater, 2 Chronicles 25:14-15.


 
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