2 Kings 16:2 - The Scriptures 1998

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Ahaz was twenty years old when he began his sixteen-year reign in Jerusalem. He did not do right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his [forefather].

American Standard Version (1901)

² Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father.

Common English Bible

² Ahaz was 20 years old when he became king, and he ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do what was right in the LORD’s eyes, unlike his ancestor David.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Ahaz was twenty years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, his God, as his father David did.

2 Kings 16:2 Cross References

1 Kings 15:3

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him, and his heart was not perfect to יהוה  his Elohim, as was the heart of his father Dawiḏ

1 Kings 3:14

“And if you walk in My ways, to guard My laws and My commands, as your father Dawiḏ

1 Kings 9:4

“And you, if you walk before Me as your father Dawiḏ

2 Kings 14:3

And he did what was right in the eyes of יהוה, but not like his father Dawiḏ

2 Kings 15:3

And he did what was right in the eyes of יהוה, according to all that his father Amatsyahu did,

2 Kings 15:34

And he did what was right in the eyes of יהוה. He did according to all that his father Uzziyahu did.

2 Kings 18:1

And it came to be in the third year of Hoshĕ

2 Kings 18:3

And he did what was right in the eyes of יהוה, according to all that his father Dawiḏ

2 Kings 22:2

And he did what was right in the eyes of יהוה, and walked in all the ways of his father Dawiḏ

2 Chronicles 17:3

And יהוה  was with Yehoshaphat, for he walked in the former ways of his father Dawiḏ

2 Chronicles 29:2

And he did what was right in the eyes of יהוה, according to all that his father Dawiḏ