2 Chronicles 31:20
New International Version
This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

New Living Translation
In this way, King Hezekiah handled the distribution throughout all Judah, doing what was pleasing and good in the sight of the LORD his God.

English Standard Version
Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

Berean Standard Bible
So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

King James Bible
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

New King James Version
Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and true before the LORD his God.

New American Standard Bible
Hezekiah did this throughout Judah; and he did what was good, right, and true before the LORD his God.

NASB 1995
Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah; and he did what was good, right and true before the LORD his God.

NASB 1977
And thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah; and he did what was good, right, and true before the LORD his God.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah; and he did what was good, right, and true before Yahweh his God.

Amplified Bible
This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah; and he did what was good, right, and true before the LORD his God.

Christian Standard Bible
Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

American Standard Version
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Hezekiah did so in all Yehuda, and he did what is good and what is beautiful, and walked in the truth before LORD JEHOVAH

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Ezekias did so through all Juda, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Ezechias did all things, which we have said in all Juda, and wrought that which was good; and right, and truth, before the Lord his God,

English Revised Version
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and right and true to the LORD his God.

Good News Translation
Throughout all Judah, King Hezekiah did what was right and what was pleasing to the LORD his God.

International Standard Version
Hezekiah did this throughout all of Judah, and he acted well, doing what the LORD his God considered to be right and true.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

Literal Standard Version
And Hezekiah does thus in all Judah, and does that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before his God YHWH;

Majority Standard Bible
So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

New American Bible
Hezekiah did this in all Judah. He did what was good, upright, and faithful before the LORD, his God.

NET Bible
This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful.

New Revised Standard Version
Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah; he did what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

New Heart English Bible
Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and performed that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

World English Bible
Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he did that which was good, right, and faithful before Yahweh his God.

Young's Literal Translation
And Hezekiah doth thus in all Judah, and doth that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before Jehovah his God;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Hezekiah Organizes the Priests
19As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around each of their cities or in any other city, men were designated by name to distribute a portion to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed by the genealogies. 20So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God. 21He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.…

Cross References
2 Kings 18:3
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

2 Kings 20:3
"Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

2 Kings 22:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.


Treasury of Scripture

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and worked that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

wrought

1 Kings 15:5
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.

2 Kings 20:3
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

2 Kings 22:2
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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2 Chronicles 31
1. The people go forward in destroying idolatry
2. Hezekiah orders the courses of the priests and Levites,
4. and provides for their work and maintenance
5. The people's forwardness in offerings and tithes
11. Hezekiah appoints officers to dispose of the tithes
20. The sincerity of Hezekiah














(20, 21) Conclusion of the account of Hezekiah's reformation.

(20) Truth (ha'?meth).--Faithfulness, or sincerity.

Verse 20. - This verse, when rendered with literal exactness, is a fine instance of the force and brevity of the Hebrew style in Old Testament history; And thus did Hezekiah in all Judah, and he did the good and the right and the truth in the sight of Jehovah his God.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So this is what
כָּזֹ֛את (kā·zōṯ)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

Hezekiah
יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ (yə·ḥiz·qî·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2396: Hezekiah -- 'Yah has strengthened', a king of Judah, also several other Israelites

did
וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

throughout
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

Judah.
יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

He did
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

what was good
הַטּ֤וֹב (haṭ·ṭō·wḇ)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

and upright
וְהַיָּשָׁר֙ (wə·hay·yā·šār)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

and true
וְהָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת (wə·hā·’ĕ·meṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

before
לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

his God.
אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ (’ĕ·lō·hāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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OT History: 2 Chronicles 31:20 Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr)
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