What Does “It pleased” Mean in the Bible?
“It pleased him” means “he liked it,” “it seemed good to him.” It comes from the verb “to please.”
Where it appears in the Bible
Daniel 6:2; Jeremiah 18:4
What the Bible says
Daniel 6:2
It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors to be over his whole kingdom.
Jeremiah 18:4
And the vessel was broken which he was making with clay with his hands: and turning he made another vessel, as it seemed good in his eyes to make it.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “please”