2 Kings 3:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he wrought euill in the sight of the Lorde, but not like his father nor like his mother: for he tooke away the image of Baal that his father had made.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 (But there was none like Ahab, who did fell him selfe, to worke wickednesse in the sight of the Lord: whom Iezebel his wife prouoked.
  • 2 Kgs 10:18 : 18 Then Iehu assembled all the people, and sayd vnto them, Ahab serued Baal a litle, but Iehu shal serue him much more.
  • 2 Kgs 10:26-28 : 26 And they brought out the images of the temple of Baal, and burnt them. 27 And they destroyed the image of Baal, and threwe downe the house of Baal, & made a iakes of it vnto this day. 28 So Iehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
  • Exod 23:24 : 24 Thou shalt not bow downe to their gods, neither serue them, nor doe after the workes of them: but vtterly ouerthrowe them, and breake in pieces their images.
  • 1 Sam 15:19 : 19 Nowe wherefore hast thou not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, but hast turned to the pray, and hast done wickedly in the sight of the Lord?
  • 1 Kgs 16:19 : 19 For his sinnes which hee sinned, in doing that which is euil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Ieroboam, and in his sinnes which he did, causing Israel to sinne.
  • 1 Kgs 16:31-33 : 31 For was it a light thing for him to walke in the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, except hee tooke Iezebel also the daughter of Ethbaal King of the Zidonians to wife, and went and serued Baal, and worshipped him? 32 Also he reared vp an altar to Baal in the house of Baal, which he had buylt in Samaria. 33 And Ahab made a groue, & Ahab proceeded, & did prouoke the Lord God of Israel more then all the kings of Israel that were before him.
  • 1 Kgs 21:5-9 : 5 Then Iezebel his wife came to him & said vnto him, Why is thy spirit so sad that thou eatest no bread? 6 And he said vnto her, Because I spake vnto Naboth the Izreelite, & sayd vnto him, Giue me thy vineyard for money, or if it please thee, I will giue thee another vineyard for it: but he answered, I wil not giue thee my vineyarde. 7 Then Iezebel his wife sayde vnto him, Doest thou nowe gouerne the kingdome of Israel? vp, eate bread, & be of good cheere, I will giue thee the vineyard of Naboth the Izreelite. 8 So she wrote letters in Ahabs name, and sealed them with his seale, and sent the letters vnto the Elders, and to the nobles that were in his citie dwelling with Naboth. 9 And shee wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaime a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people, 10 And set two wicked men before him, & let them witnesse against him, saying, Thou diddest blaspheme God and the King: then cary him out, and stone him that he may dye. 11 And the men of his citie, euen the Elders & gouernours, which dwelt in his citie, did as Iezebel had sent vnto them: as it was written in the letters, which she had sent vnto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people, 13 And there came two wicked men, & sate before him: & the wicked men witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the King. Then they caried him away out of the citie, and stoned him with stones, that he dyed. 14 Then they sent to Iezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned and is dead. 15 And when Iezebel heard that Naboth was stoned and was dead, Iezebel sayd to Ahab, Vp, & take possession of the vineyarde of Naboth the Izreelite, which he refused to giue thee for money: for Naboth is not aliue, but is dead.
  • 1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 And Ahab sayd to Eliiah, Hast thou found mee, O mine enemie? And he answered, I haue found thee: for thou hast solde thy selfe to worke wickednes in the sight of the Lord.
  • 2 Kgs 6:31-32 : 31 And he saide, God doe so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the sonne of Shaphat shall stande on him this day. 32 (Nowe Elisha sate in his house, and the Elders sate with him.) And the King sent a man before him: but before the messenger came to him, he saide to the Elders, See ye not howe this murtherers sonne hath sent to take away mine head? take heede when the messenger commeth, and shut the doore and handle him roughly at the doore: is not the sounde of his masters feete behinde him?
  • 2 Kgs 9:22 : 22 And when Iehoram sawe Iehu, he sayde, Is it peace, Iehu? And he answered, What peace? whiles the whoredomes of thy mother Iezebel, and her witchcraftes are yet in great nomber?
  • 2 Kgs 9:34 : 34 And when he was come in, he did eate and drinke, and sayde, Visite now yonder cursed woman, and burie her: for she is a Kings daughter.
  • 2 Kgs 21:6 : 6 And he caused his sonnes to passe through the fire, and gaue him selfe to witchcraft and sorcerie, and he vsed them that had familiar spirits and were soothsayers, and did much euill in the sight of the Lorde to anger him.
  • 2 Kgs 21:20 : 20 And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.

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 13:2
    82%

    2And he did euil in the sight of the Lorde, and followed the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne, and departed not therefrom.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52-53
    2 verses
    81%

    52But he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne.

    53For he serued Baal and worshipped him, and prouoked the Lorde God of Israel vnto wrath, according vnto all that his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 3:3
    80%

    3Neuerthelesse, he cleaued vnto the sinnes of Ieroboam, the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne, and departed not therefrom.

  • 2 Chr 21:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    5Iehoram was two and thirtie yeere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eyght yeere in Ierusalem.

    6And he walked in the way of the Kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife, and he wrought euill in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    79%

    11And did euil in the sight of the Lorde: for he departed not from all the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat that made Israel to sinne, but he walked therein.

  • 2 Kgs 3:1
    78%

    1Nowe Iehoram the sonne of Ahab beganne to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, the eighteenth yeere of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, and reigned twelue yeeres.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    77%

    9And did euill in the sight of the Lorde, as did his fathers: for he departed not fro the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde after the abomination of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

    3For he went backe and built the hie places, which Hezekiah his father had destroyed: and he erected vp altars for Baal, and made a groue, as did Ahab King of Israel, and worshipped all the hoste of heauen and serued them.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    77%

    32And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    77%

    37And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
    76%

    24And he did euill in the sight of the Lord: for he departed not from all the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne.

  • 2 Chr 33:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, like the abominations of the heathen, who the Lorde had cast out before the children of Israel.

    3For he went backe and built the hie places, which Hezekiah his father had broken downe: and he set vp altars for Baalim, and made groues, and worshipped all the hoste of the heauen, and serued them.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    76%

    3And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, yet not like Dauid his father, but did according to all that Ioash his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
    76%

    28And he did euil in the sight of the Lord: for he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, that made Israel to sinne.

  • 2 Chr 28:2
    76%

    2But he walked in the wayes of ye Kings of Israel, & made euen molten images for Baalim.

  • 2 Kgs 16:3
    76%

    3But walked in the way of ye kings of Israel, yea, and made his sonne to go through the fire, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 15:24
    75%

    24And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde: for he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne.

  • 2 Kgs 8:27
    75%

    27And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did euill in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab: for hee was the sonne in law of the house of Ahab.

  • 2 Kgs 10:31
    75%

    31But Iehu regarded not to walke in the law of the Lorde God of Israel with all his heart: for hee departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam, which made Israel to sinne.

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
    74%

    26For he did exceeding abominably in following idoles, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.)

  • 2 Kgs 17:2
    74%

    2And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, but not as the Kinges of Israel, that were before him.

  • 2 Chr 34:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2And he did vprightly in the sight of ye Lord, and walked in the wayes of Dauid his father, & bowed neither to the right hand nor to the left.

    3And in the eight yeere of his reigne (when he was yet a childe) he began to seeke after the God of Dauid his father: and in the twelft yeere he began to purge Iudah, and Ierusalem from the hie places, and the groues, and the carued images, and molten images:

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    74%

    3And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
    74%

    18And hee walked in the wayes of the Kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and hee did euill in the sight of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 22:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3He walked also in the wayes of the house of Ahab: for his mother counselled him to doe wickedly.

    4Wherefore he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellers after the death of his father, to his destruction.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    74%

    9And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, according to all that his father had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:26
    74%

    26And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, walking in the way of his father, and in his sinne wherewith he made Israel to sinne.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    74%

    3And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lorde, according to all that Dauid his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:18
    73%

    18And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, and departed not all his dayes from the sinne of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne.

  • 2 Kgs 1:17
    73%

    17So he dyed according to the worde of the Lorde which Eliiah had spoken; Iehoram began to reigne in his steade, in the seconde yeere of Iehoram the sonne of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, because he had no sonne.

  • 1 Kgs 16:31
    73%

    31For was it a light thing for him to walke in the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, except hee tooke Iezebel also the daughter of Ethbaal King of the Zidonians to wife, and went and serued Baal, and worshipped him?

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    73%

    2And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lorde according to all that his father Vzziah did, saue that hee entred not into the Temple of the Lorde, and the people did yet corrupt their wayes.

  • 2 Kgs 21:20-22
    3 verses
    73%

    20And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.

    21For hee walked in all the way that his father walked in, and serued the idoles that his father serued, and worshipped them.

    22And he forsooke the Lorde God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lorde.

  • 1 Kgs 16:26
    73%

    26For he walked in all the way of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, & in his sinnes wherewith he made Israel to sinne in prouoking the Lord God of Israel with their vanities.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    3And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

  • 1 Kgs 15:34
    72%

    34And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, walking in the way of Ieroboam, & in his sinne, wherewith he made Israel to sinne.

  • 2 Chr 17:4
    72%

    4But sought the Lorde God of his father, and walked in his commandements, and not after the trade of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    72%

    43And he walked in all the wayes of Asa his father, and declined not therefrom, but did that which was right in the eyes of the Lorde. Neuerthelesse the hie places were not taken away: for the people offred still and burnt incense in the hie places.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    72%

    32And he walked in the way of Asa his father, & departed not therefrom, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 21:12
    72%

    12And there came a writing to him from Elijah the Prophet, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God of Dauid thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the wayes of Iehoshaphat thy father, nor in the wayes of Asa King of Iudah,

  • 2 Chr 19:3
    72%

    3Neuertheles good things are found in thee, because thou hast taken away ye groues out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seeke God.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    72%

    34And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lorde: he did according to all that his father Vzziah had done.