2 Chronicles 20:32 (ASV)

Passage

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.

2 Chronicles 20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

2 Chronicles 20:32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "walked", "father", "turned", "aside", "doing", "right", "eyes", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "walked" and "father", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah he was..." into verse 33's "Howbeit the high places were not taken...", so "walked" and "father" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "walked" and "father" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.