Verse 2

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Akas var tjue år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens, hans Guds, øyne, slik hans forfar David hadde gjort.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Akas var tjue år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens, hans Guds, øyne, som David, hans far.

• Norsk King James

  Ahaz var tjue år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Guds øyne, slik som hans forfar David.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Akas var tjue år da han ble konge, og han regjerte i seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens, hans Guds, øyne, slik som David, hans far hadde gjort.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Akas var tjue år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens, hans Guds, øyne som David, hans forfader, hadde gjort.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Akas var tjue år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens, hans Guds, øyne, slik David, hans forfar, hadde gjort.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ahaz var tjue år da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i Jerusalem i seksten år. Men han handlet ikke rett i Herrens, hans Guds, øyne, slik hans far David hadde gjort.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Akas var tjue år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens, hans Guds, øyne, slik David, hans forfar, hadde gjort.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ahas var tjue år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens, hans Guds, øyne, slik som hans forfar David.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. But he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God as David his ancestor had done.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Akas var tjue år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens, hans Guds, øyne, slik som David, hans forfar, hadde gjort.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Achas var tyve Aar gammel, der han blev Konge, og regjerede sexten Aar i Jerusalem; og han gjorde ikke det, som var ret for Herrens hans Guds Øine, som David, hans Fader.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Akas var tjue år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens, sin Guds, øyne, slik som David, hans stamfar.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Akas var tjue år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i seksten år i Jerusalem. Men han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens, hans Guds, øyne, slik David, hans far, hadde gjort.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Akas var tjue år da han ble konge, og han regjerte i seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens øyne, som David, hans far, hadde gjort.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ahas var tjue år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens, hans Guds, øyne, slik som David, hans far.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Akas var tjue år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke det som var rett i Herrens øyne, som David, hans forfar, hadde gjort.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Twetye yeare olde was Achas wha he was made kynge, & reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem, & dyd not yt which was righte in the sighte of ye LORDE his God, as dyd Dauid his father:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Twentie yeere olde was Ahaz, when hee began to reigne, and he reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem, and did not vprightly in the sight of the Lord his God, like Dauid his father:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Twentie yeres olde was he when he was made king, and raigned sixteene yeres in Hierusalem, & did not that which was right in the eies of the Lorde his God, lyke Dauid his father:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Twenty years old [was] Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A son of twenty years `is' Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king; he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as David his father did.

• 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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 3:14 : 14 And 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 And 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 judgments:
• 1 Kgs 11:4-8 : 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as David his father did. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And likewise he did for all his foreign wives, who burned 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; his heart was not right with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
• 2 Kgs 14:3 : 3 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
• 2 Kgs 15:3 : 3 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
• 2 Kgs 15:34 : 34 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
• 2 Kgs 18:3 : 3 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as David his father had done.
• 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
• 2 Chr 17:3 : 3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and did not seek after the Baal idols;
• 2 Chr 28:1-4 : 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, but he did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father. 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for Baalim. 3 Moreover, he burned incense in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 4 He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
• 2 Chr 29:2 : 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
• 2 Chr 34:2-3 : 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned aside neither to the right hand nor to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still 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, the groves, the carved images, and the molten images.