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Amon Reigns in Judah

2 Kings 21:22

In 11 translations

BSB
He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
KJV
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
WEB
and he abandoned Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of Yahweh.
ASV
and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.
LSV
and forsakes YHWH, God of his fathers, and has not walked in the way of YHWH.
YLT
and forsaketh Jehovah, God of his fathers, and hath not walked in the way of Jehovah.
DBY
and he forsook Jehovah the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.Elohim
DRC
And forsook the Lord the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
GNV
And he forsooke the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
JPS
And he forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
LXXE
And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּעֲזֹ֕ב אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א הָלַ֖ךְ בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ יְהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐγκατέλιπε τὸν Κύριον Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ Κυρίου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 11:33For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor…
  • 2 Kings 22:17because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
  • 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be…
  • Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
  • Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
  • Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

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