2 Kings 22:2

2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right hand 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 Josi'ah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedi'dah the daughter of Adai'ah of Bozkath.

2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

3 In the eighteenth year of King Josi'ah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azali'ah, son of Meshul'lam, the secretary, to the house of the LORD, saying,

4 "Go up to Hilki'ah the high priest, that he may reckon the amount of the money which has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people;

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