1 Kings 15:3

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.

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Other Translations

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
  • Ps 119:80 : 80 Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, that I may not be ashamed.
  • 1 Kgs 3:14 : 14 And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And so did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and did what was good and right and true before the LORD his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
  • 1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 Because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
  • 1 Kgs 14:21-22 : 21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 I beg You, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • 2 Chr 25:2 : 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 3:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

    3 Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    78%

    9 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    77%

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

  • 2 Kgs 16:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

    3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel.

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

    20 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.

    21 And he walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them.

    22 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    76%

    3 And he did what 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.

  • 2 Chr 25:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

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

    3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father.

  • 1 Kgs 11:6
    76%

    6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as David his father did.

  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, but he did not do what 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 also made molten images for Baalim.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    75%

    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 13:11
    75%

    11 He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, but he walked in them.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    75%

    3 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    75%

    32 And he walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD.

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

    12 Elijah the prophet sent him a letter, saying, "This is what the LORD, the God of David your father, says: Because you have not followed the ways of Jehoshaphat your father or Asa king of Judah,

    13 but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into idolatry as the house of Ahab did, and have also killed your brothers, who were better than you,

  • 1 Kgs 15:2
    74%

    2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    74%

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

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
    74%

    24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD: he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
    74%

    28 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD: he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:24
    74%

    24 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD: he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
    74%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 15:17
    74%

    17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    74%

    43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

  • 2 Kgs 15:18
    74%

    18 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD: he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kgs 11:33
    73%

    33 Because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    73%

    34 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    73%

    2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

  • 1 Kgs 11:4
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 22:3
    73%

    3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 17:4
    73%

    4 But sought the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the practices of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 12:14
    73%

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

  • 1 Kgs 15:4
    73%

    4 Nevertheless, for David's sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 15:26
    73%

    26 He did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin by which he made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    73%

    2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did; however, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued to act corruptly.

  • 1 Kgs 16:26
    73%

    26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
    73%

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

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    72%

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

  • 1 Kgs 9:4
    72%

    4 And if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My judgments:

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
    72%

    8 And tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you: yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in my eyes;

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    72%

    2 He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
    72%

    2 But he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, like the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 33:23
    72%

    23 And he did not humble himself before the LORD as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but Amon trespassed more and more.