2 Chronicles 31:20
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New International Version (©2011)
This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

New Living Translation (©2007)
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 (©2001)
Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah; and he did what was good, right and true before the LORD his God.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Hezekiah did this throughout all of Judah, and he acted well, doing what the LORD his God considered to be right and true.

NET Bible (©2006)
This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and right and true to the LORD his God.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and did that which was good and right and true before the LORD his God.

American King James Version
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and worked that which was good and right and truth 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.

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,

Darby Bible Translation
And thus did Hezekiah throughout Judah, and wrought what was good and right and true before Jehovah 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.

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 worked that which was good and 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;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

31:1-21 Hezekiah destroys idolatry. - After the passover, the people of Israel applied with vigour to destroy the monuments of idolatry. Public ordinances should stir us up to cleanse our hearts, our houses, and shops, from the filth of sin, and the idolatry of covetousness, and to excite others to do the same. The after-improvement of solemn ordinances, is of the greatest importance to personal, family, and public religion. When they had tasted the sweetness of God's ordinance in the late passover, they were free in maintaining the temple service. Those who enjoy the benefit of a settled ministry, will not grudge the expense of it. In all that Hezekiah attempted in God's service, he was earnest and single in his aim and dependence, and was prospered accordingly. Whether we have few or many talents intrusted to us, may we thus seek to improve them, and encourage others to do the same. What is undertaken with a sincere regard to the glory of God, will succeed to our own honour and comfort at last.

Pulpit Commentary

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.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah,.... Settled the courses of the priests and Levites, and made a provision for them and their families:

and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God: or did that which was truly right and good, according to the law and will of God, in the sincerity and uprightness of his soul, and as in the presence of the omniscient God, he approving and accepting it for Christ's sake.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2Ch 31:20, 21. His Sincerity of Heart.

20. Hezekiah … wrought that which was good and right—He displayed the qualities of a constitutional king, in restoring and upholding the ancient institutions of the kingdom; while his zealous and persevering efforts to promote the cause of true religion and the best interests of his subjects entitled him to be ranked with the most illustrious of his predecessors (2Ki 18:15).

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The Sincerity of Hezekiah
20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and worked that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. 21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. 1After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

2 Kings 18:3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
2 Kings 20:3 "Remember, LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
2 Kings 22:2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.