2 Kings 23:37
Jehoiakim did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, just as his ancestors had done.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
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2 Kings 23:32Jehoahaz did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, like everything that his ancestors had done.
2 Chronicles 33:4Manasseh built altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, “It is in Jerusalem that my name will be forever.”
Jeremiah 22:13Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, 1 who makes his neighbor work for him for nothing, and he does not give him his wages; 1
Jeremiah 26:20Meanwhile there was another man who prophesied in the name of Yahweh—Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim—he also prophesied against this city and this land, agreeing with all of Jeremiah's words.
Jeremiah 36:23It happened that as Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut it off with a knife and throw it into the fire in the brazier until all of the scroll was destroyed.
Ezekiel 19:5Then she saw that although she had waited for his return, her expectation was now gone, so she took another of her cubs and raised him to become a young lion. 1
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:32-37
Reigns of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. ( b. c. 610.) 31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his fathers had done. 33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent… Read the whole commentary →