Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father and his mother; for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

New American Standard Bible

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and his mother; for he put away the sacred pillar of Baal which his father had made.

King James Version

And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

Holman Bible

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, but not like his father and mother, for he removed the sacred pillar of Baal his father had made.

International Standard Version

practicing evil in the LORD's presence, only not to the extent that his mother and father had done he forced abolition of the sacred pillar to Baal that his father had crafted.

A Conservative Version

And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, but not like his father and like his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

American Standard Version

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

Amplified

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not like his father and mother; for he put away the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

Bible in Basic English

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made.

Darby Translation

And he wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; and he took away the column of Baal that his father had made.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah, but not as his father and; as his mother; and he will remove the statue of Baal which his father made.

King James 2000

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

Lexham Expanded Bible

and did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not as his father or his mother, as he removed the stone pillars of Baal that his father had made.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he wrought that was evil in the sight of the LORD: but not like his father or his mother, for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

NET Bible

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

New Heart English Bible

He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

The Emphasized Bible

And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, only, not like his father, nor like his mother, - but he put away the pillars of Baal which, his father, had made;

Webster

And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

World English Bible

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

Youngs Literal Translation

and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like his father, and like his mother, and he turneth aside the standing-pillar of Baal that his father made;

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
in the sight
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

of the Lord

Usage: 0

אם 
'em 
Usage: 220

for he put away
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

the image
מצּבה 
Matstsebah 
Usage: 32

of Baal
בּעל 
Ba`al 
Usage: 81

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Joram Meets Moab In Battle

1 And Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father and his mother; for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. 3 But he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. He did not depart from them.


Cross References

1 Kings 21:25

But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to work wickedness in the sight of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

2 Kings 10:18

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu shall serve him much.

2 Kings 10:26-28

And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal and burned them.

Exodus 23:24

You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them. And you shall not do according to their works. But you shall surely pull them down, and surely you shall smash their images.

1 Samuel 15:19

Why then did you not obey the voice of Jehovah? Why did you fly on the spoil and do evil in the sight of Jehovah?

1 Kings 16:19

for his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of Jehovah, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.

1 Kings 16:31-33

And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he also took Jezebel, the daughter of Eth-baal king of the Sidonians, for a wife. And he went and served Baal, and worshiped him.

1 Kings 21:5-15

And his wife Jezebel came to him and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad that you are not eating food?

1 Kings 21:20

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of Jehovah.

2 Kings 6:31-32

And he said, May God do so, and more also, to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

2 Kings 9:22

And it happened when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

2 Kings 9:34

And when he had come in, he ate and drank, and said, Go, now see this cursed woman and bury her. For she is a king's daughter.

2 Kings 21:6

And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times and used fortune-tellers. And he dealt with familiar spirits and wizards. He worked much wickedness in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger.

2 Kings 21:20

And he did the evil in the sight of Jehovah, as his father Manasseh did.

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