2 Kings 15:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 12:2-3 : 2 Jehoash did what the LORD approved all his days when Jehoiada the priest taught him. 3 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
  • 2 Kgs 14:3-4 : 3 He did what the LORD approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash. 4 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
  • 2 Chr 26:4 : 4 He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 26:3-5
    3 verses
    91%

    3Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

    4He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

    5He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed the LORD, God caused him to succeed.

  • 2 Kgs 15:33-35
    3 verses
    91%

    33He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

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

    35But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Kgs 14:1-3
    3 verses
    88%

    1Amaziah’s Reign over Judah In the second year of the reign of Israel’s King Joash son of Joahaz, Joash’s son Amaziah became king over Judah.

    2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

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

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    87%

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

  • 2 Chr 25:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1Amaziah’s Reign Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

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

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    84%

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

  • 2 Chr 27:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1Jotham’s Reign Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    81%

    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 12:2
    81%

    2Jehoash did what the LORD approved all his days when Jehoiada the priest taught him.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    80%

    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 15:11
    79%

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

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    79%

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

  • 2 Chr 24:2
    79%

    2Joash did what the LORD approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

  • 2 Chr 14:2
    77%

    2Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments(14:1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    77%

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

  • 2 Chr 31:20
    76%

    20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful.

  • 2 Chr 28:1
    76%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    75%

    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 23:37
    75%

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

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    75%

    3He 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.

  • 2 Kgs 15:4
    75%

    4But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Kgs 21:20
    74%

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

  • 2 Kgs 15:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Azariah’s Reign over Judah In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Amaziah’s son Azariah became king over Judah.

    2He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    74%

    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 16:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    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 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 24:9
    74%

    9He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 1 Chr 3:12
    74%

    12Amaziah his son,Azariah his son,Jotham his son,

  • Jer 52:2
    74%

    2He did what displeased the LORD just as Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    73%

    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 Chr 25:25
    73%

    25King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 24:19
    73%

    19He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2
    73%

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

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    72%

    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 14:17
    72%

    17King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

  • 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 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 Kgs 14:21
    72%

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

  • 2 Chr 24:27
    71%

    27The list of Joash’s sons, the many prophetic oracles about him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.