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2 Kings 14:3

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1 In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.

2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.

4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

5 As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

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BSB
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.
KJV
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
WEB
He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, yet not like David his father. He did according to all that Joash his father had done.
ASV
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
DARBY
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
BLB
And he did right in the eyes of YHWH, yet not like David his father. According to all that Joash his father had done, he did.
ÅB
Han gjorde hva rett var i Herrens øyne, men ikke som hans stamfar David; han gjorde aldeles som sin far Joas.
OTB
Han gjorde det som var rett i Herrens øyne, men ikke som hans forfar David hadde gjort. Han fulgte eksemplet satt av sin far Joasj.
B1930
Han gjorde hvad rett var i Herrens øine, men ikke som hans stamfar David; han gjorde aldeles som sin far Joas.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 25:2–3

    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

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  • 1 Kings 11:4

    For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

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  • Zechariah 1:4–6

    Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

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  • 1 Peter 1:18

    For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:17

    After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

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  • 1 Kings 15:3

    And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.

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  • 2 Chronicles 25:14–16

    When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.

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  • Jeremiah 16:19

    O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

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