2 Kings 22:2

2 He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

2 Kings 22:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 22:2

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord
In the affair of religious worship especially, as well as in other things:

and walked in all the ways of David his father;
in his religious ways, in which he never departed from his God:

and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left;
but kept an even, constant, path of worship and duty, according to the law of God.

2 Kings 22:2 In-Context

1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

2 He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the house of the Lord, saying,

4 "Go up to the high priest Hilkiah, and have him count the entire sum of the money that has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people;

5 let it be given into the hand of the workers who have the oversight of the house of the Lord; let them give it to the workers who are at the house of the Lord, repairing the house,