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2 Kings 14:3

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1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

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.

4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

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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 that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

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  • 1 Kings 11:4

    For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

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  • Zechariah 1:4–6

    Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

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  • 1 Peter 1:18

    Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:17

    Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

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  • 1 Kings 15:3

    And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

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  • 2 Chronicles 25:14–16

    Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

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  • Jeremiah 16:19

    O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

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