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2 Kings 21:22

He abandoned Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Yahweh.

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In The King James Version

And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.

In Context

21Amon followed in all the way that his father had walked in and worshiped the idols that his father worshiped, and bowed down to them.

23The servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his own house.

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Cross References

1 Kings 11:33because they have forsaken me and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Molech the god of the people of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my decrees, as did David his father.

1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father, and serve him with your whole heart and a willing spirit. Do this because Yahweh searches all hearts and understands every motivation of everyone's thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

Isaiah 1:4Woe! Nation, sinners, a people weighed down with iniquity, 1 offspring of evildoers, sons who act corruptly! 1 They have abandoned Yahweh, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, 1 they have estranged themselves from him. 1

Jonah 2:8They give attention to useless gods 1 while they forsake loving faithfulness. 1

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 21:20-26

Amon's Reign and Death. ( b. c. 643.) 19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , as his father Manasseh did. 21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 22 And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord . 23 And… Read the whole commentary →

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