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1 Kings 15:3

And he walked in the sins of his father which he wrought in his presence, and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.

Brenton Septuagint

In The 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.

In Context

2And he reigned + 15:2 Alex. 16 years.three years over Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacha, daughter of Abessalom.

4Howbeit for David's sake the Lord gave him a remnant, that he might establish his children after him, and might establish Jerusalem.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:28Remove, I pray thee, the trespass of thy servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in thee.

1 Kings 3:14And if thou wilt walk in my way, to keep my commandments and my ordinances, as David thy father walked, then will I multiply thy days.

1 Kings 11:33Because he forsook me, and sacrificed to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos, and to the idols of Moab, and to + 11:33 Or, Moloch, or Milcom.their king the + 11:33 Or, provocation.abomination of the children of Ammon, and he walked not in my ways, to do that which was right before me, as David his father did.

2 Kings 20:3Lord, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a + 20:3 Gr. full.perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thine eyes. And Ezekias wept with a great weeping.

2 Chronicles 31:20And Ezekias did so through all Juda, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:2-9

Abijam's Reign. ( b. c. 958.) 1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 3 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. 4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish… Read the whole commentary →

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