2 Kings 20:3 ““Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and…”

2 Kings 20:3

“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“Remember now, LORD, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

American Standard Version

Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

I beseech thee, O Lord, remember nowe, howe I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfite heart, and haue done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore.

Darby Translation

Ah! Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much.

Young's Literal Translation

'I pray Thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which [is] good in Thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth — a great weeping.

Bible in Basic English

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

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Cross references

“remember”

Nehemiah 13:14 Nehemiah 13:22 Nehemiah 5:19 Nehemiah 13:31 Genesis 8:1 Psalm 25:7

Nehemiah 13:14 · BSB

Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.

Nehemiah 13:22 · BSB

Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.

Nehemiah 5:19 · BSB

Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.

Nehemiah 13:31 · BSB

I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.

Genesis 8:1 · BSB

But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

Psalm 25:7 · BSB

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

“I have walked”

2 Kings 18:3–6 Luke 1:6 Genesis 5:22 Genesis 5:24 Genesis 17:1 1 Kings 2:4

2 Kings 18:3–6 · BSB

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

Luke 1:6 · BSB

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

Genesis 5:22 · BSB

And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:24 · BSB

Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

Genesis 17:1 · BSB

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

1 Kings 2:4 · BSB

and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

“in truth”

Psalm 145:18 Psalm 32:2 Jeremiah 4:2 John 1:47 2 Corinthians 1:12 2 Chronicles 31:20

Psalm 145:18 · BSB

The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

Psalm 32:2 · BSB

Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Jeremiah 4:2 · BSB

and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

John 1:47 · BSB

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

2 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB

For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of…

2 Chronicles 31:20 · BSB

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

“a perfect heart”

1 Kings 8:61 1 Kings 11:4 1 Kings 15:14 2 Chronicles 16:9

1 Kings 8:61 · BSB

So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”

1 Kings 11:4 · BSB

For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

1 Kings 15:14 · BSB

The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.

2 Chronicles 16:9 · BSB

For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be a…

“wept sore”

Isaiah 38:14 Psalm 6:6 Psalm 102:9 Hebrews 5:7 2 Samuel 12:21 2 Samuel 12:22

Isaiah 38:14 · BSB

I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

Psalm 6:6 · BSB

I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

Psalm 102:9 · BSB

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

Hebrews 5:7 · BSB

During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

2 Samuel 12:21 · BSB

“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”

2 Samuel 12:22 · BSB

David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

4Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

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