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Green's Literal Translation

2 Kings 21:22

And he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Jehovah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amon;   Backsliders;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Rulers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Forsaking God;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amon;   Manasseh;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Israel;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amon ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Manasseh;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amon, King of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not walk in the ways of the Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
and he forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the way of the LORD.
King James Version
And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord .
English Standard Version
He abandoned the Lord , the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord .
New Century Version
Amon rejected the Lord , the God of his ancestors, and did not follow the ways of the Lord .
New English Translation
He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not follow the Lord 's instructions.
Amplified Bible
he abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
So he abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
World English Bible
and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the way of Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he forsooke the Lorde God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lorde.
Legacy Standard Bible
So he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
refused to be faithful to the Lord , the God his ancestors had worshiped.
Complete Jewish Bible
He abandoned Adonai , the God of his ancestors, and did not live in Adonai 's way.
Darby Translation
and he forsook Jehovah the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Amon left the Lord , the God of his ancestors, and did not live the way the Lord wanted.
George Lamsa Translation
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
Good News Translation
He rejected the Lord , the God of his ancestors, and disobeyed the Lord 's commands.
Lexham English Bible
He abandoned Yahweh the God of his ancestors and did not walk in the way of Yahweh.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and forsoke the LORDE the God of his father, and walked not in the waye of the LORDE.
American Standard Version
and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he forsoke the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And he forsooke the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
English Revised Version
and he forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he yede not in the weye of the Lord.
Update Bible Version
and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the way of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
New King James Version
He forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
New Living Translation
He abandoned the Lord , the God of his ancestors, and he refused to follow the Lord 's ways.
New Life Bible
So he turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers. He did not walk in the way of the Lord.
New Revised Standard
he abandoned the Lord , the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in the way of the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and forsook Yahweh the God of his fathers, - and walked not in the way of Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And forsook the Lord, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
he forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
and forsaketh Jehovah, God of his fathers, and hath not walked in the way of Jehovah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So he forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

19 Amon was a son of twenty two years when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did the evil in the eyes of Jehovah, as his father Manasseh did, 21 and walked in all the way that his father walked, and served the idols that his father served, and bowed himself to them. 22 And he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Jehovah. 23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. 24 And the people of the land killed all those who conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place. 25 And the rest of the acts of Amon that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Judah? 26 And they buried him in his grave in the garden of Uzza. And his son Josiah reigned in his place.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Kings 22:17, Deuteronomy 32:15, 1 Kings 11:33, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Jeremiah 2:13, Jonah 2:8

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:12 - which Manasseh 2 Kings 23:32 - General Ezekiel 11:12 - General Acts 22:14 - The God

Cross-References

Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said with regards to his wife Sarah, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:17
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his concubines, and they gave birth.
Genesis 21:2
And Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the time appointed, that which God had spoken with him.
Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called the name of the son who was born to him, whom Sarah had borne to him, Isaac.
Genesis 26:26
And Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and his aide Ahuzzath, and Phicol the general of his army.
Genesis 26:28
And they said, Since we plainly have seen that Jehovah has been with you, and we have said, let there be an oath now between us, between us and you, and let us cut a covenant with you,
Genesis 28:15
And, behold, I will be with you and will guard you in every place in which you may go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not forsake you until I have surely done that which I have spoken to you.
Genesis 30:27
And Laban said to him, Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay. I have seen omens, also Jehovah has blessed me because of you.
Joshua 3:7
And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day I will begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they shall know that as I was with Moses, I am with you.
2 Chronicles 1:1
And Solomon the son of David made himself strong over his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and made him exceedingly great.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers,.... Of David, Solomon, c.

and walked not in the way of the Lord prescribed by him in his law for the worship of him.


 
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