1 Kings 15:3

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
  • Ps 119:80 : 80 May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed.
  • 1 Kgs 3:14 : 14 If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life.”
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful. 21 He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.
  • 1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 I am taking the kingdom from him because they have abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did.
  • 1 Kgs 14:21-22 : 21 Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. His mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah. 22 Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 “Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • 2 Chr 25:2 : 2 He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 3:2-3
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    78%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

    3Yet he persisted in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin; he did not turn from them.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    78%

    9He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    77%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2Ahaz 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.

    3He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out from before the Israelites.

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

    20He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just like his father Manasseh had done.

    21He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped.

    22He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not follow the LORD’s instructions.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    76%

    3He did what the LORD approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash.

  • 2 Chr 25:2-3
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    76%

    2He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.

    3When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father the king.

  • 1 Kgs 11:6
    76%

    6Solomon did evil in the LORD’s sight; he did not remain loyal to the LORD, like his father David had.

  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
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    75%

    1Ahaz’s Reign 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, in contrast to his ancestor David.

    2He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    75%

    52He did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed in the footsteps of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    75%

    11He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin; he continued in those sins.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    75%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    75%

    32He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.

  • 2 Chr 21:12-13
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    75%

    12Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet:“This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says:‘You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah,

    13but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the LORD, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, who were better than you.

  • 1 Kgs 15:2
    74%

    2He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    74%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
    74%

    24He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
    74%

    28He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:24
    74%

    24He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
    74%

    18He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did evil in the sight of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 15:17
    74%

    17The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    74%

    43He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.(22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Kgs 15:18
    74%

    18He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. During his reign,

  • 1 Kgs 11:33
    73%

    33I am taking the kingdom from him because they have abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    73%

    34He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    73%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 1 Kgs 11:4
    73%

    4When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    73%

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Chr 22:3
    73%

    3He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, for his mother gave him evil advice.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    73%

    32He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Chr 17:4
    73%

    4but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

  • 2 Chr 12:14
    73%

    14He did evil because he was not determined to follow the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4
    73%

    4Nevertheless for David’s sake the LORD his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 15:26
    73%

    26He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He followed in his father’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    73%

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.(He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning.

  • 1 Kgs 16:26
    73%

    26He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; they angered the LORD God of Israel with their worthless idols.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
    73%

    11Asa did what the LORD approved like his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    72%

    37He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 1 Kgs 9:4
    72%

    4You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
    72%

    8I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    72%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He continued in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
    72%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out ahead of the Israelites.

  • 2 Chr 33:23
    72%

    23He did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done. Amon was guilty of great sin.