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2 Kings 21:22

and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the way of Yahweh.

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.
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.
Literal Translation
And he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Jehovah.
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 twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father. 21 He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them: 22 and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the way of Yahweh. 23 The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house. 24 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son 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
Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:17
Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, and they bore children.
Genesis 21:2
Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 21:3
Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
Genesis 26:26
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.
Genesis 26:28
They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
Genesis 28:15
Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."
Genesis 30:27
Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."
Joshua 3:7
Yahweh said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
2 Chronicles 1:1
Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Yahweh his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

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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