2 Kings 3:2

New International Reader's Version

Joram did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. But he wasn’t as bad as his father and mother had been. Joram’s father had made a sacred stone used to worship the god named Baal. Joram got rid of it.

Cross References

1 Kings 16:19

because of the sins he had committed. He had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He had lived the way Jeroboam had lived. He had committed the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “My enemy! You have found me!” “I have found you,” he answered. “That’s because you gave yourself over to do evil things. You did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

1 Kings 21:25

There was never anyone like Ahab. He gave himself over to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord. His wife Jezebel talked him into it.

2 Kings 10:18

Then Jehu brought together all the people. He said to them, “Ahab served the god named Baal a little. I will serve him a lot.

2 Kings 21:20

Amon did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Manasseh had done.

2 Kings 21:6

He sacrificed his own son in the fire to another god. He practiced all kinds of evil magic. He got messages from those who had died. He talked to the spirits of the dead. He did many things that were evil in the eyes of the Lord. Manasseh made the Lord very angry.

2 Kings 9:22

When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Have you come here in peace, Jehu?” “Your mother Jezebel worships statues of gods,” Jehu replied. “She also worships evil powers. The evil things she does have spread everywhere. As long as all of that goes on, how can there be peace?”

2 Kings 9:34

Jehu went inside. He ate and drank. “The Lord put a curse on that woman,” he said. “Take proper care of her body. Bury her. After all, she was a king’s daughter.”

Exodus 23:24

Do not do what they do. Do not bow down to their gods or worship them. You must destroy the statues of their gods. You must break their sacred stones to pieces.

1 Samuel 15:19

Why didn’t you obey the Lord? Why did you keep for yourselves what you had taken from your enemies? Why did you do what is evil in the sight of the Lord?”