Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 3 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. 4 Nevertheless for David's sake did Yahweh his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 11:4
For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Psalm 119:80
Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAF
1 Kings 3:14
If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."
1 Kings 11:33
because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.
1 Kings 14:21-22
Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
2 Kings 20:3
"Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight." Hezekiah wept bitterly.
2 Chronicles 31:20-21
Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before Yahweh his God.
2 Chronicles 25:2
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, but not with a perfect heart.