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New Living Translation

2 Kings 21:21

He followed the example of his father, worshiping the same idols his father had worshiped.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amon;   Children;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - False;   Idolatry;   Worship, False;   Worship, True and False;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Idolatry;   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 walked in all the ways his father had walked; he served the idols his father had served, and he bowed in worship to them.
Hebrew Names Version
He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
King James Version
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
English Standard Version
He walked in all the way in which his father walked and served the idols that his father served and worshiped them.
New Century Version
He lived in the same way his father had lived: he worshiped the idols his father had worshiped, and he bowed down before them.
New English Translation
He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped.
Amplified Bible
He walked in all the [evil] ways that his father had walked; and he served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them;
New American Standard Bible
For he walked entirely in the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them.
World English Bible
He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
Geneva Bible (1587)
For hee walked in all the way that his father walked in, and serued the idoles that his father serued, and worshipped them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he walked in all the way that his father had walked and served the idols that his father had served and worshiped them.
Berean Standard Bible
He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.
Contemporary English Version
Amon worshiped the idols Manasseh had made and
Complete Jewish Bible
He followed entirely the manner of life of his father, serving the idols that his father served and worshipping them.
Darby Translation
and he walked in all the way that his father had walked in, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshipped them;
Easy-to-Read Version
Amon lived just as his father had lived. He worshiped and served the same idols his father had worshiped.
George Lamsa Translation
And he walked in all the ways that his father walked and served the idols that his father served and worshipped them;
Good News Translation
he imitated his father's actions, and he worshiped the idols that his father had worshiped.
Lexham English Bible
He walked in all of the way which his father had walked, and he served the idols which his father had served and bowed down to them.
Literal Translation
and walked in all the way that his father walked, and served the idols that his father served, and bowed himself to them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and walked in all the waye which his father walked, and serued the Idols which his father had serued, and worshipped them,
American Standard Version
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
Bible in Basic English
He went in all the ways of his father, being a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his father had been a servant;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And walked in al the way that his father walked in, and serued the idols that his father serued, and worshipped them:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them.
King James Version (1611)
And he walked in all the wayes that his father walked in, and serued the idoles that his father serued, and worshipped them:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served the idols which his father served, and worshipped them.
English Revised Version
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he yede in al the weie, bi which his fader hadde go, and he seruide to vnclennessis, to whiche his fadir hadde seruyd, and he worschipide tho; and he forsook the Lord God of hise fadris,
Update Bible Version
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
Webster's Bible Translation
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
New King James Version
So he walked in all the ways that his father had walked; and he served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them.
New Life Bible
He walked in all the ways that his father had walked. He worshiped false gods like his father had.
New Revised Standard
He walked in all the way in which his father walked, served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yea he walked in all the way wherein, his father, had walked, - and served the manufactured gods that, his father, had served, and bowed down to them;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he walked in all the way in which his father had walked: and he served the abominations which his father had served, and he adored them.
Revised Standard Version
He walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;
Young's Literal Translation
and walketh in all the way that his father walked in, and serveth the idols that his father served, and boweth himself to them,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For he walked in all the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served and worshiped them.

Contextual Overview

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz from Jotbah. 20 He did what was evil in the Lord 's sight, just as his father, Manasseh, had done. 21 He followed the example of his father, worshiping the same idols his father had worshiped. 22 He abandoned the Lord , the God of his ancestors, and he refused to follow the Lord 's ways. 23 Then Amon's own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace. 24 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah the next king. 25 The rest of the events in Amon's reign and what he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. 26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Josiah became the next king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:12 - which Manasseh 2 Kings 23:32 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 21:3
And Abraham named their son Isaac.
Genesis 21:4
Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.
Genesis 21:34
And Abraham lived as a foreigner in Philistine country for a long time.
Numbers 10:12
So the Israelites set out from the wilderness of Sinai and traveled on from place to place until the cloud stopped in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 12:16
Then they left Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 13:3
So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He sent out twelve men, all tribal leaders of Israel, from their camp in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 13:26
to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land.
Judges 14:2
When he returned home, he told his father and mother, "A young Philistine woman in Timnah caught my eye. I want to marry her. Get her for me."
1 Samuel 25:1
Now Samuel died, and all Israel gathered for his funeral. They buried him at his house in Ramah. Then David moved down to the wilderness of Maon.
1 Corinthians 7:38
So the person who marries his fiancée does well, and the person who doesn't marry does even better.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he walked in all the ways that his father walked in,.... In his wicked way, his idolatry, witchcraft, and murders;

and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them; Baal, Ashtoreth, and all the host of heaven, and all the carved images his father made, which it seems he only removed, but did not break in pieces, 2 Chronicles 33:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

At Manasseh’s death, the idolatrous party, held in some check during his later years 2 Chronicles 33:15-17, recovered the entire direction of affairs, and obtained authority from Amon to make once more all the changes which Manasseh had made in the early part of his reign. Hence, we find the state of things at Josiah’s accession 2 Kings 23:4-14; Zephaniah 1:4-12; Zephaniah 3:1-7, the exact counterpart of that which had existed under Manasseh.


 
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