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2 Chronicles 25:2 KJV

2 Chronicles · chapter 25 · verse 2

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.2 Chronicles 25:2 · King James Version

2 Chronicles 25:2 in context

1Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

3Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

4But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

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Commentary

Here is, I. The general character of Amaziah: He did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, worshipped the true God, kept the temple service a going, and countenanced religion in his kingdom;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13

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