2 Kings 17:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who were before him.

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  • 2 Kgs 3:2 : 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.
  • 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 did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
  • 2 Kgs 13:2 : 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 Kgs 13:11 : 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 15:9 : 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 15:18 : 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.
  • 2 Kgs 15:24 : 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 Chr 30:5-9 : 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba 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 in such a way for a long time as it was written. 6 So the couriers went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, You children of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and He will return to you who are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 And do not be like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as you see. 8 Now do not be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you. 9 For if you turn again to the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before those 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 you return to Him. 10 So the couriers 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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    1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years.

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

    2He 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 Kgs 15:24
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    24And 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 15:9
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    9And 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 15:28
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    28And 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 13:11
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    11He 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 17:3
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    3Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him tribute.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2-3
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    2And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

    3For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
    76%

    2But 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 Kgs 14:24
    75%

    24And 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 23:32
    75%

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:51-52
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    51Ahaziah 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.

    52And 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
    74%

    18And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2-3
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    2And 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.

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

  • 1 Kgs 16:25
    74%

    25But Omri did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
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    1Ahaz 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.

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

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

  • 1 Kgs 16:30
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    30And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
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    3He 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 23:37
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    37And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2-3
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    2Ahaz 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.

    3But 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 14:3
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    3And 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 18:9
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    9In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
    71%

    18And 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 29:2
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    2And he did what 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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    26He 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 34:2
    71%

    2And 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 21:20
    70%

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

  • Jer 52:2
    70%

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

  • 2 Chr 27:2
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    2And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 18:1
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    1In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
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    9And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

  • 2 Chr 12:14
    70%

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

  • 2 Kgs 15:30
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    30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him, and killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    70%

    2And 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 Kgs 18:3
    70%

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

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

  • 2 Kgs 18:5
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    5He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any before him.

  • 1 Kgs 14:9
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    9But have done evil above all that were before you: for you have gone and made for yourself other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back:

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
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    34And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
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    43And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
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    26And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 24:19
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    19And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Chr 25:2
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    2And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.