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2 Kings 21:22
2 Kings 21:22 is verse 22 of 2 Kings chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
King James Version
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
World English Bible
and he abandoned Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of Yahweh.
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2 Kings 21:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible
20 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.
21 He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.
22 He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
23 Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
24 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Kings 22:17because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
1 Kings 11:33For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.