SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Chronicles 27:2

27:2a And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD,

He did things that pleased Yahweh
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King Jotham did good things that Yahweh thought were right.

27:2b just as his father Uzziah had done.

in the same way his father Uzziah had done.
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He did the same good things that his father King Uzziah had done.

27:2c In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD.

He did not ⌊sin by⌋ entering the temple of Yahweh as his father had done.
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But he did not ⌊sin as his father did⌋. His father went into the house of Yahweh ⌊and burned incense there⌋. ⌊Only priests were allowed to do that.

27:2d But the people still behaved corruptly.

But the people of Judah continued to do wrong things.
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However, the people of Judah did not stop sinning.

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