2 Kings 21:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² he abandoned the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² and he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² He forsook the Lord, the God of his [forefathers], and did not walk in the way of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.

Common English Bible

²² He deserted his ancestors’ God, the LORD—he didn’t walk in the LORD’s way.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² And he abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and he did not walk in the way of the Lord.

2 Kings 21:22 Cross References

2 Kings 22:17

Because they have abandoned me and have made offerings to other gods, so that they have provoked me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.’

1 Kings 11:33

This is because he has forsaken me, worshiped Astarte the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and has not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my ordinances, as his father David did.

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.

Jonah 2:8

Those who worship vain idols forsake their true loyalty.

Jeremiah 2:13

for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and dug out cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that can hold no water.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jacob ate his fill; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. You grew fat, bloated, and gorged! He abandoned God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

2 Kings 21:21

He walked in all the way in which his father walked, served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;

Isaiah 1:2

Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth, for the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.

Isaiah 1:4

Woe, sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, offspring who do evil, children who act corruptly, who have forsaken the Lord, who have despised the Holy One of Israel, [[who are utterly estranged!]]