2 Kings 17:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and they worshipped strange gods.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as Israel's kings before him did.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

Common English Bible

² He did what was evil in the LORD’s eyes, but he wasn’t as bad as the Israelite kings who preceded him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he did evil before the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who had been before him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And he did evil before the Lord: but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.

2 Kings 17:2 Cross References

1 Kings 16:25

0 And Achab the son of Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.

1 Kings 16:30

And Elias the Thesbite of the inhabitants of Galaad said to Achab: As the Lord liveth the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to the words of my mouth.

2 Kings 10:31

6 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel, in Samaria, was eight and twenty years.

2 Kings 13:11

6 He said to the king of Israel: Put thy hand upon the bow. And when he had put his hand, Eliseus put his hands over the king's hands,

2 Kings 13:2

And Joachaz had no more left of the people than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had slain them, and had brought them low as dust by thrashing in the barnfloor.

2 Kings 15:18

3 In the fiftieth year of Azarias king of Juda reigned Phaceia the son of Manahem over Israel in Samaria two years.

2 Kings 15:24

9 In the days of Phacee king of Israel came Theglathphalasar king of Assyria, and took Aion, and Abel Domum Maacha and Janoe, and Cedes, and Asor, and Galaad, and Galilee, and all the land of Nephtali: and carried them captives into Assyria.

2 Kings 15:9

4 And Manahem the son of Gadi went up from Thersa: and he came into Samaria, and struck Sellum the son of Jabes in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 17:1

And in the ninth year of Osee, the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria: and he placed them in Hala and Habor by the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 17:3

And they walked according to the way of the nations which the Lord had destroyed in the sight of the children of Israel and of the kings of Israel: because they had done in like manner.

2 Kings 21:2

He set also an idol of the grove, which he had made, in the temple of the Lord: concerning which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son: In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.

2 Kings 3:2

And he sent to Josaphat king of Juda, saying: The king of Moab is revolted from me, come with me against him to battle. And he answered: I will come up: he that is mine, is thine: my people, thy people: and my horses, thy horses.