2 Kings 23:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done.

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  • 2 Kgs 21:2-7 : 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of those nations whom the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel. 3 He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars for Baal, and an Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; he was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven. 4 And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 5 And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord. 6 And he made his son go through the fire, and made use of secret arts and signs for reading the future; he gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers; he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath. 7 He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.
  • 2 Kgs 21:21-22 : 21 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; 22 Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    91%

    37He did evil in the eyes of the Lord as his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    85%

    9He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 24:19
    84%

    19He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.

  • Jer 52:2
    83%

    2And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52-53
    2 verses
    82%

    52He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, going in the ways of his father and his mother, and in the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil.

    53He was a servant and worshipper of Baal, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath, as his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    82%

    2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do; he did not keep himself from them.

  • 2 Kgs 21:20-21
    2 verses
    81%

    20He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

    21He 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;

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    79%

    9And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father had done, not turning away from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of those nations whom the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.

    3He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars for Baal, and an Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; he was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    78%

    11He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning away from the sin of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do, but he went on with it.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
    78%

    2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    77%

    3He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.

  • 2 Chr 36:5
    77%

    5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

  • 2 Kgs 23:30-31
    2 verses
    77%

    30And his servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth there. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.

    31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for three months; his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    77%

    2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made.

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
    77%

    24He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning away from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    77%

    3And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    77%

    2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    76%

    2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    76%

    34And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:24
    76%

    24He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
    76%

    28He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    76%

    3He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:26
    76%

    26He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.

  • 2 Kgs 17:2
    75%

    2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him.

  • 2 Chr 36:12
    75%

    12He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did not make himself low before Jeremiah the prophet who gave him the word of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 36:2
    75%

    2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.

  • 2 Chr 33:22
    75%

    22He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    74%

    2And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father:

    2But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel and made images of metal for the Baals.

  • 2 Chr 22:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, for his mother was his teacher in evil-doing.

    4And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the family of Ahab did; for after the death of his father they were his guides to his destruction.

  • 1 Kgs 15:34
    74%

    34He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of Jeroboam and the sin which he made Israel do.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king; he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as David his father did.

    3But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made his son go through the fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 14:22
    74%

    22And Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and made him more angry than their fathers had done by their sins.

  • 2 Chr 36:9
    74%

    9Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 8:27
    74%

    27He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as the family of Ahab did, for he was a son-in-law of the family of Ahab.

  • 2 Chr 26:4
    73%

    4He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    3And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.

  • 2 Kgs 15:18
    73%

    18He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    73%

    2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done; but he did not go into the Temple of the Lord. And the people still went on in their evil ways.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    73%

    32He went in the ways of his father Asa, not turning away, but doing right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 21:6
    72%

    6He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
    72%

    26He did a very disgusting thing in going after false gods, doing all the things the Amorites did, whom the Lord sent out before the children of Israel.)