Parallel Verses
Amplified
He did evil in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his forefathers had done.
New American Standard Bible
He did evil in the sight of the Lord,
King James Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
Holman Bible
He did what was evil
International Standard Version
Eliakim practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, just as his ancestors had done.
A Conservative Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
American Standard Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.
Bible in Basic English
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord as his fathers had done.
Darby Translation
And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah according to all which his fathers did.
King James 2000
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He did evil in the eyes of Yahweh according to all that his ancestors had done.
Modern King James verseion
And he did the evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he did that was evil-favored in the sight of the LORD, like in all things as did his fathers.
NET Bible
He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done.
New Heart English Bible
He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
The Emphasized Bible
And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, - according to all that, his fathers, had done.
Webster
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
World English Bible
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did.
Themes
Jehoiakim » Wicked reign and final overthrow of
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Jehoiakim
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Jehoiakim, in walking in the ways of his forefathers
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 23:37
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jehoiakim Reigns In Judah
36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his forefathers had done.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Kings 23:32
He did evil in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his forefathers had done.
2 Chronicles 28:22-25
In the time of his distress, this same King Ahaz became yet more unfaithful to the Lord.
2 Chronicles 33:4-10
He built [pagan] altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
2 Chronicles 33:22-23
But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as his father Manasseh had done. Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which his father Manasseh had made, and he served them.
Jeremiah 22:13-17
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who builds his house by [acts of] unrighteousness
And his upper chambers by injustice,
Who uses his neighbor’s service without pay
And does not give him wages [for his work],
Jeremiah 26:20-23
And there was also a man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land in words similar to all those of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 36:23-26
And after Jehudi had read three or four columns [of the scroll], King Jehoiakim would cut off that portion with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until the [entire] scroll was consumed by the fire.
Jeremiah 36:31
I will also punish him and his descendants and his servants for their wickedness, and I will bring on them and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the men of Judah all the destruction that I have declared against them—but they would not listen.”’”
Ezekiel 19:5-9
‘When she saw, as she waited,
That her hope was lost,
She took
And made him a young lion.