2 Kings 16:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} was Ahaz{H271} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} sixteen{H8337} years{H8141} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and he did{H6213} not that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} his God,{H430} like David{H1732} his father.{H1}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} was Ahaz{H271} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} sixteen{H8337}{H6240} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}, and did{H6213}{(H8804)} not that which was right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}, like David{H1732} his father{H1}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Twetye yeare olde was Achas wha he was made kynge, & reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem, & dyd not yt which was righte in the sighte of ye LORDE his God, as dyd Dauid his father:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Twentie yeere olde was Ahaz, when hee began to reigne, and he reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem, and did not vprightly in the sight of the Lord his God, like Dauid his father:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Twentie yeres olde was he when he was made king, and raigned sixteene yeres in Hierusalem, & did not that which was right in the eies of the Lorde his God, lyke Dauid his father:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God, like David his father.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    A son of twenty years `is' Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Ahaz 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God, like David his father.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the LORD his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.

Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • 1 Kgs 9:4 : 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 11:4-8 : 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. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as David his father did. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And likewise he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
  • 1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 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.
  • 2 Kgs 14:3 : 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 Kgs 15:3 : 3 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
  • 2 Kgs 15:34 : 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 18:3 : 3 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as David his father had done.
  • 2 Kgs 22:2 : 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.
  • 2 Chr 17:3 : 3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and did not seek after the Baal idols;
  • 2 Chr 28:1-4 : 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. 3 Moreover, he burned incense in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 4 He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
  • 2 Chr 29:2 : 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
  • 2 Chr 34:2-3 : 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. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the groves, the carved images, and the molten images.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
    2 verses
    96%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 16:1
    87%

    1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.

  • 2 Chr 27:8-9
    2 verses
    81%

    8 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

    9 And Jotham rested with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 16:3
    80%

    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 16:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

    20 So Ahaz rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 15:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.

    2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

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

  • 2 Kgs 8:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

    25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

    26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 15:32-34
    3 verses
    76%

    32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign.

    33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

    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 Chr 29:2
    75%

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

  • 2 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, reigned.

    2 Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.

  • 2 Chr 26:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

    4 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, following all that his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 18:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

    2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:51-52
    2 verses
    75%

    51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in 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:

  • 1 Kgs 16:29
    74%

    29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    73%

    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 28:22
    73%

    22 And in the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this is that King Ahaz.

  • 2 Kgs 14:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

    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 28:27
    73%

    27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel, and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 16:16
    73%

    16 Thus Urijah the priest did according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

  • 2 Kgs 14:21
    72%

    21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

  • 2 Chr 27:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

    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 15:11
    72%

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

  • 2 Kgs 9:29
    72%

    29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    72%

    3 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.

  • 2 Chr 26:1
    72%

    1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 36:5
    72%

    5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

  • 2 Kgs 16:5
    72%

    5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to wage war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.

  • 2 Kgs 13:10
    72%

    10 In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for sixteen years.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    72%

    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 23:32
    72%

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

  • 2 Kgs 15:38
    71%

    38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 8:17
    71%

    17 He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 21:20
    71%

    20 He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years and departed without being missed. However, they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  • 2 Kgs 16:11
    71%

    11 Then Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; so Urijah the priest made it before king Ahaz came from Damascus.