2 Kings 23:32

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 21:2-7 : 2 He 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. 3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them. 4 He built altars in the LORD’s temple, about which the LORD had said,“Jerusalem will be my home.” 5 In the two courtyards of the LORD’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky. 6 He passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger. 7 He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon,“This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.
  • 2 Kgs 21:21-22 : 21 He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped. 22 He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not follow the LORD’s instructions.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    91%

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

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    85%

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

  • 2 Kgs 24:19
    84%

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

  • Jer 52:2
    83%

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:52-53
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

    53He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, angering the LORD God of Israel just as his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    82%

    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 21:20-21
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    79%

    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 21:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

    3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    78%

    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 33:2
    78%

    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 18:3
    77%

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

  • 2 Chr 36:5
    77%

    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 23:30-31
    2 verses
    77%

    30His servants transported his dead body from Megiddo in a chariot and brought it to Jerusalem, where they buried him in his tomb. The people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz, poured olive oil on his head, and made him king in his father’s place.

    31Jehoahaz’s Reign over Judah Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    77%

    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 Kgs 14:24
    77%

    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 15:3
    77%

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

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    77%

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

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    76%

    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 15:34
    76%

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

  • 2 Kgs 15:24
    76%

    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
    76%

    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 14:3
    76%

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

  • 1 Kgs 15:26
    76%

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

  • 2 Kgs 17:2
    75%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.

  • 2 Chr 36:12
    75%

    12He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, the LORD’s spokesman.

  • 2 Chr 36:2
    75%

    2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 33:22
    75%

    22He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just like his father Manasseh had done. Amon offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped them.

  • 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 Chr 28:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    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 Chr 22:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

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

    4He did evil in the sight of the LORD like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they gave him advice that led to his destruction.

  • 1 Kgs 15:34
    74%

    34He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and 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.

  • 1 Kgs 14:22
    74%

    22Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.

  • 2 Chr 36:9
    74%

    9Jehoiachin’s Reign Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 8:27
    74%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 26:4
    73%

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

  • 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 Kgs 15:18
    73%

    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,

  • 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.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 21:6
    72%

    6He 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.

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
    72%

    26He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites.)