2 Kings 16:2

World English Bible (2000)

Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God, like David his father.

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  • 1 Kgs 3:14 : 14 If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."
  • 1 Kgs 9:4 : 4 As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
  • 1 Kgs 11:4-8 : 4 For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and didn't go fully after Yahweh, as did David his father. 7 Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 So did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.
  • 1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.
  • 2 Kgs 14:3 : 3 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
  • 2 Kgs 15:3 : 3 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
  • 2 Kgs 15:34 : 34 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
  • 2 Kgs 18:3 : 3 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.
  • 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
  • 2 Chr 17:3 : 3 Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,
  • 2 Chr 28:1-4 : 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, like David his father; 2 but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baals. 3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel. 4 He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
  • 2 Chr 29:2 : 2 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.
  • 2 Chr 34:2-3 : 2 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
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    1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, like David his father;

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

  • 2 Kgs 16:1
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    1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

  • 2 Chr 27:8-9
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    81%

    8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

    9 Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 16:3
    80%

    3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 16:19-20
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    78%

    19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

    20 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 15:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

    2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

    3 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 8:25-26
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    76%

    25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

    26 Twenty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 15:32-34
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    76%

    32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

    33 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

    34 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    75%

    2 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

  • 2 Chr 22:1-2
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    75%

    1 The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place; for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

    2 Forty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

  • 2 Chr 26:3-4
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    3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.

    4 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 18:1-3
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    75%

    1 Now it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

    2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.

    3 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

  • 1 Kgs 22:51-52
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    51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.

    52 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, 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, in which he made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kgs 16:29
    74%

    29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    73%

    32 He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh.

  • 2 Chr 28:22
    73%

    22 In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz.

  • 2 Kgs 14:2-3
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    73%

    2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

    3 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

  • 2 Chr 28:27
    73%

    27 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 16:16
    73%

    16 Urijah the priest did so, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

  • 2 Kgs 14:21
    72%

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

  • 2 Chr 27:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

    2 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: however he didn't enter into the temple of Yahweh. The people did yet corruptly.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
    72%

    11 Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as did David his father.

  • 2 Kgs 9:29
    72%

    29 In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    72%

    3 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.

  • 2 Chr 26:1
    72%

    1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    72%

    2 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

  • 2 Chr 36:5
    72%

    5 Jehoiakim was Twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God.

  • 2 Kgs 16:5
    72%

    5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

  • 2 Kgs 13:10
    72%

    10 In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] sixteen years.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    72%

    2 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
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    32 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:38
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    38 Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 8:17
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    17 He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 21:20
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    20 Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  • 2 Kgs 16:11
    71%

    11 Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.