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1 Kings 15:3

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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.

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1 Kings 15:3 in other translations

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.

1 Kings 15:3 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 15:3 in context

  1. 1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.
  2. 2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
  3. 3He 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. 4Nevertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
  5. 5because David did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and didn’t turn away from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.