King James Version
2 Kings 15:3 in the King James Version says “And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;”
2 Kings 15:3 · KJV
In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“in the sight”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“according to all that his father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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