2 Kings 17:2

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

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  • 2 Kgs 3:2 : 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
  • 2 Kgs 10:31 : 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
  • 2 Kgs 13:2 : 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
  • 2 Kgs 13:11 : 11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
  • 2 Kgs 15:9 : 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
  • 2 Kgs 15:18 : 18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
  • 2 Kgs 15:24 : 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
  • 2 Chr 30:5-9 : 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. 6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see. 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. 9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. 10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. 11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

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    1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

  • 2 Kgs 13:1-2
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    1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

    2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

  • 2 Kgs 15:24
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    24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
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    9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
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    28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
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    11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.

  • 2 Kgs 17:3
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    3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2-3
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    2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

    3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
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    2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
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    24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
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    32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 1 Kgs 22:51-52
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    51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

    52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

  • 2 Kgs 15:18
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    18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2-3
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    2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

    3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

  • 1 Kgs 16:25
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    25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
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    1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

    2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

  • 1 Kgs 15:34
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    34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kgs 16:30
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    30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
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    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.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
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    37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2-3
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    2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

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  • 2 Kgs 18:9
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    18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

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    2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:26
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    26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

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    2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

  • 2 Kgs 21:20
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    20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.

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    2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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    2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.

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    9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

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    14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 15:30
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  • 2 Kgs 22:2
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    2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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    3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

  • 2 Chr 22:4
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    4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellers after the death of his father to his destruction.

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    5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

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    9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

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    26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

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    19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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