2 Kings 14:3

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“And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.”

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BSBPD

“And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he did that which 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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he doth that which <FI>is<Fi> right in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like David his father, according to all that Joash his father did he hath done,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 14:3 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 3:3And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  2. 1 Kings 11:4For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
  3. 1 Kings 15:3And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.
  4. 1 Kings 15:11And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
  5. 2 Kings 12:2And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
  6. 2 Kings 18:3And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
  7. 2 Kings 22:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  8. 2 Chronicles 24:2And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
  9. 2 Chronicles 24:17After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.
  10. 2 Chronicles 25:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
  11. 2 Chronicles 25:14When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.
  12. Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
  13. Zechariah 1:4Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
  14. 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

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