2 Kings 22:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 5:32 : 32 Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!
  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.
  • 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 You must obey all I command you to do, follow my instructions, do what I approve, and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; I will give you Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.
  • 2 Kgs 16:2 : 2 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.
  • 2 Kgs 18:3 : 3 He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.
  • 2 Chr 17:3 : 3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,
  • 2 Chr 29:2 : 2 He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.
  • Prov 4:27 : 27 Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.
  • Prov 20:11 : 11 Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.
  • Ezek 18:14-17 : 14 “But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example. 15 He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, 16 does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked, 17 refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live.

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 34:1-2
    2 verses
    96%

    1Josiah Institutes Religious Reforms Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

    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 Chr 20:32
    86%

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

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    84%

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

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    81%

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

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    81%

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

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    81%

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

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    81%

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    81%

    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 Chr 26:4
    80%

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

  • 2 Kgs 12:2
    80%

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

  • 2 Chr 24:2
    79%

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

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    79%

    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 22:1
    78%

    1Josiah Repents Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

  • 2 Chr 17:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    77%

    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 Chr 34:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.

    33Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged all who were in Israel to worship the LORD their God. Throughout the rest of his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD God of their ancestors.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    76%

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

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    76%

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

  • 2 Chr 14:2
    76%

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

  • 2 Chr 25:2
    76%

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

  • 2 Chr 31:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

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

    21He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.

  • 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 13:2
    75%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
    75%

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

  • Jer 52:2
    74%

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

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    74%

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

  • 2 Kgs 23:25
    74%

    25No king before or after repented before the LORD as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses.

  • 2 Chr 35:26
    74%

    26The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign, including the faithful acts he did in obedience to what is written in the law of the LORD

  • 2 Kgs 21:20-22
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    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 Chr 28:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 24:19
    73%

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

  • 2 Kgs 18:6
    73%

    6He was loyal to the LORD and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the LORD had given to Moses.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2
    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 from before the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 22:3
    72%

    3In the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the LORD’s temple with these orders:

  • 2 Kgs 23:28
    72%

    28The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign and all his accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:5
    72%

    5He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2
    72%

    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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kgs 2:3
    71%

    3Do the job the LORD your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    71%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 36:5
    71%

    5Jehoiakim’s Reign Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

  • 2 Kgs 8:27
    71%

    27He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like Ahab’s dynasty, for he was related to Ahab’s family.