"And he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done." — 2 Kings 23:32

2 Kings 23:32 · KJV

“And he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.”

— 2 Kings 23:32

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. {Jehoahaz: also called, Shallum}

Verse 33

And Pharaohnechoh 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 an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. {that...: or, because he reigned} {put the...: Heb. set a fine upon the land}

2 Kings 23 — Context

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

And he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:2-7

And he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

2 Kings 21:21-22

And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

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