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Amon Reigns in Judah

2 Kings 21:20

In 11 translations

BSB
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.
KJV
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.
WEB
He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as Manasseh his father did.
ASV
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father.
LSV
and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, as his father Manasseh did,
YLT
and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father,
DBY
And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done;
DRC
And he did evil in the sight, of the Lord, as Manasses his father had done.
GNV
And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.
JPS
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father.
LXXE
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasses his father did.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה אָבִֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου καθὼς ἐποίησε Μανασσὴς, ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.

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  • 2 Kings 21:11“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
  • 2 Kings 21:2–7And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he…
  • Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
  • Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:22–23And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made, but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father…
  • Numbers 32:14Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.

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