Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he walked in all the sins of his father which he did before him, and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
New American Standard Bible
He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and
King James Version
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
Holman Bible
Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed,
International Standard Version
He practiced the same sins that his father committed before he was born. Unlike his ancestor David, his heart never became devoted to the LORD his God.
A Conservative Version
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him. And his heart was not perfect with LORD his God as the heart of David his father.
American Standard Version
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
Amplified
He walked in all the sins [of idol worship] that his father [Rehoboam] committed before him; and his heart was not entirely devoted to the Lord his God, like the heart of his father (forefather) David.
Bible in Basic English
And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.
Darby Translation
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
Julia Smith Translation
And he went in all the sins of his father which he did before him: and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah as the heart of David his father.
King James 2000
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He walked in all the sins of his father that he had done before him, and his heart was not fully with Yahweh his God as the heart of David his father.
Modern King James verseion
And he walked in all the sins of his father which he had done before him. And his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
NET Bible
He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.
New Heart English Bible
He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
The Emphasized Bible
And he walked in all the sins of his father which he had done before him, - and his heart was not blameless with Yahweh his God, like the heart of David his father.
Webster
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
World English Bible
He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he walketh in all the sins of his father, that he did before him, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father;
Themes
character of the unrenewed Heart » Not perfect with God
Israel » Abijam » Wicked » Reign
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Abijam or abijah
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Abijam, walking in the sins of rehoboam
Interlinear
Chatta'ah
'ab
Paniym
'elohiym
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 15:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Reign Of Abijam In Judah
2 and ruled three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father which he did before him, and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a light in Jerusalem; that he set up his son after him to continue Jerusalem,
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 11:4
For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart after other gods: so that his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Psalm 119:80
O let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
1 Kings 3:14
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep mine ordinances and commandments as David thy father did walk, I will lengthen thy days also."
1 Kings 11:33
because they have forsaken me, and have bowed themselves unto Ashtaroth the God of the Sidonians, and to Chemosh the God of the Moabites and to Milcom the God of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that pleaseth me, and mine ordinances and customs, as David his father.
1 Kings 14:21-22
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah and was forty one years old when he began to reign, and reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother's name was Naamah an Ammonite.
2 Kings 20:3
"Oh LORD, remember yet how I have walked before thee truly and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight," and wept a great pace.
2 Chronicles 31:20-21
And of this manner did Hezekiah, throughout all Judah; and did that was good, right and truth, before the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles 25:2
And he did that pleased the LORD: but not with the whole heart.