1 Kings 15:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He committed all the sins his father had done before him, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not right with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he walked{H3212} in all the sins{H2403} of his father,{H1} which he had done{H6213} before{H6440} him; and his heart{H3824} was not perfect{H8003} with Jehovah{H3068} his God,{H430} as the heart{H3824} of David{H1732} his father.{H1}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he walked{H3212}{(H8799)} in all the sins{H2403} of his father{H1}, which he had done{H6213}{(H8804)} before{H6440} him: and his heart{H3824} was not perfect{H8003} with the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}, as the heart{H3824} of David{H1732} his father{H1}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and he walked in all the synnes of his father, which he had done before him, and his hert was not perfecte with the LORDE his God, as was the hert of Dauid his father.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And hee walked in all the sinnes of his father, which hee had done before him: and his heart was not perfit with the Lord his God as the heart of Dauid his father.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he walked in all the sinnes of his father which he had done before him, and his heart was not perfect with the Lorde his God, as the heart of Dauid his father.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and he walketh in all the sins of his father, that he did before him, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 As Solomon grew older, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his father had been.
  • Ps 119:80 : 80 May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, so that I will not be put to shame.
  • 1 Kgs 3:14 : 14 If you walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and commandments as your father David did, then I will prolong your days.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good, upright, and true before the Lord his God. 21 In everything he undertook in the service of the house of God, in observing the law and the commandments, and in seeking his God, he worked wholeheartedly and prospered.
  • 1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 'For they have forsaken Me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, done what is right in My sight, or kept My statutes and judgments as David, his father, did.'
  • 1 Kgs 14:21-22 : 21 Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put His Name there. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. 22 Judah did evil in the eyes of the LORD. By the sins they committed, they aroused His jealous anger more than their ancestors had done.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 saying, "Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before You in truth, wholeheartedly, and have done what is good in Your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • 2 Chr 25:2 : 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father and mother; he removed the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

    3 However, he continued in the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; he clung to those sins and did not turn away from them.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    78%

    9 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his ancestors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which caused Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    77%

    3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. But he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God as David his ancestor had done.

    3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and even sacrificed his son in the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 21:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

    20 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.

    21 Amon walked in all the ways his father had walked; he served and worshipped the idols his father had worshipped.

    22 He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    76%

    3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like his ancestor David. He followed the example of his father Joash instead.

  • 2 Chr 25:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

    3 When his kingdom was firmly established, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father, the king.

  • 1 Kgs 11:6
    76%

    6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not fully follow the LORD as David his father had done.

  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. However, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD like his ancestor David.

    2 Instead, he followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and he even made cast images for the Baals.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    75%

    52 Ahaziah son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel for two years.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    75%

    11 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin; he continued in them.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    75%

    3 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    75%

    32 Jehoshaphat followed the path of his father Asa and did not turn from it. He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 21:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12 Then Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah, which said, "This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: Because you have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah..."

    13 But you followed the ways of the kings of Israel and led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness, just as the house of Ahab led people into idolatry. You even killed your brothers, the members of your father's family, who were better than you.

  • 1 Kgs 15:2
    74%

    2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    74%

    2 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, walking in the ways of his forefather David. He did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
    74%

    24 He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had led Israel into sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
    74%

    28 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  • 2 Kgs 15:24
    74%

    24 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
    74%

    18 He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he had married Ahab's daughter. He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 15:17
    74%

    17 Although the high places were not removed from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his life.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    74%

    43 Jehoshaphat followed in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them and did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 15:18
    74%

    18 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD. During all his days, he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  • 1 Kgs 11:33
    73%

    33 'For they have forsaken Me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, done what is right in My sight, or kept My statutes and judgments as David, his father, did.'

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    73%

    34 Jotham did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    73%

    2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed in all the ways of his ancestor David. He did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

  • 1 Kgs 11:4
    73%

    4 As Solomon grew older, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his father had been.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    73%

    2 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Chr 22:3
    73%

    3 He also walked in the ways of Ahab’s family, for his mother encouraged him to do evil.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    73%

    32 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Chr 17:4
    73%

    4 Instead, he sought the God of his father and obeyed His commands rather than following the practices of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 12:14
    73%

    14 He did evil because he did not resolve in his heart to seek the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4
    73%

    4 Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by establishing Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 15:26
    73%

    26 He did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed in the ways of his father, committing the same sin his father had caused Israel to commit.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    73%

    2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. However, he did not enter the temple of the LORD, but the people still acted corruptly.

  • 1 Kgs 16:26
    73%

    26 He walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
    73%

    11 Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD, as his forefather David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    72%

    37 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestors had done.

  • 1 Kgs 9:4
    72%

    4 'And as for you, if you walk before Me faithfully, as your father David did, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you and keeping My statutes and judgments,

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
    72%

    8 I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    72%

    2 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin, and he did not turn away from them.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
    72%

    2 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

  • 2 Chr 33:23
    72%

    23 But he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; instead, Amon increased his guilt.