KJV King James Version
And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
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2 Kings 23:37
And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
WEB World English Bible
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.
ASV American Standard Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 23
34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give [it] unto Pharaohnechoh.
36 Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
37 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
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2 Chronicles 28:22-25And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz.Ezekiel 19:5-9Now when she saw that she had waited, [and] her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, [and] made him a young lion.2 Chronicles 33:4-10Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.2 Chronicles 33:22-23But he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;Jeremiah 26:20-23And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:Jeremiah 36:31And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.Jeremiah 22:13-17Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;Jeremiah 36:23-26And it came to pass, [that] when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast [it] into the fire that [was] on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that [was] on the hearth.2 Kings 23:32And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
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