2 Kings 14:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He did what the LORD approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
  • 1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.
  • 2 Kgs 12:2 : 2 Jehoash did what the LORD approved all his days when Jehoiada the priest taught him.
  • 2 Chr 24:2 : 2 Joash did what the LORD approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.
  • 2 Chr 24:17 : 17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. The king listened to their advice.
  • 2 Chr 25:2-3 : 2 He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion. 3 When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father the king.
  • 2 Chr 25:14-16 : 14 When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir and made them his personal gods. He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices. 15 The LORD was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said,“Why are you following these gods that could not deliver their own people from your power?” 16 While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him,“Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” So the prophet stopped, but added,“I know that God has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”
  • Jer 16:19 : 19 Then I said,“LORD, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say,‘Our ancestors had nothing but false gods– worthless idols that could not help them at all.
  • Zech 1:4-6 : 4 “Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying,‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said,“Turn now from your evil wickedness,”’ but they would by no means obey me,” says the LORD. 5 “As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever? 6 But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed,‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.’”
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 15:3-4
    2 verses
    88%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

    4But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Chr 24:1-4
    4 verses
    85%

    1Joash’s Reign Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

    2Joash did what the LORD approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

    3Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.

    4Later, Joash was determined to repair the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Kgs 12:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    1(12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

    2Jehoash did what the LORD approved all his days when Jehoiada the priest taught him.

    3But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    84%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    84%

    34He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Chr 27:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1Jotham’s Reign Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.(He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning.

  • 2 Chr 26:4
    81%

    4He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    81%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    81%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    80%

    32He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.

  • 2 Kgs 14:4
    80%

    4But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Kgs 13:9-12
    4 verses
    80%

    9Jehoahaz passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Joash replaced him as king.

    10Jehoash’s Reign over Israel In the thirty-seventh year of King Joash’s reign over Judah, Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for sixteen years.

    11He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin; he continued in those sins.

    12The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    79%

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Chr 25:2
    79%

    2He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
    79%

    11Asa did what the LORD approved like his ancestor David had done.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    78%

    43He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.(22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Chr 14:2
    77%

    2Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments(14:1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    76%

    3He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    76%

    32He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    76%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

  • 2 Kgs 13:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Jehoahaz’s Reign over Israel In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah’s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for seventeen years.

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He continued in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins.

  • 2 Chr 28:1
    75%

    1Ahaz’s Reign Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the LORD, in contrast to his ancestor David.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    75%

    37He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    74%

    9He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Chr 17:4
    73%

    4but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

  • 1 Chr 3:11
    73%

    11Joram his son,Ahaziah his son,Joash his son,

  • 2 Kgs 14:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15The rest of the events of Jehoash’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

    16Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)

  • 2 Kgs 14:2
    72%

    2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
    72%

    24He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    72%

    52He did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed in the footsteps of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    72%

    9He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 2 Chr 24:22
    72%

    22King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying, he said,“May the LORD take notice and seek vengeance!”

  • 2 Kgs 12:19
    72%

    19The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 31:20
    72%

    20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the LORD his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.

    3He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out from before the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 21:20
    72%

    20He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just like his father Manasseh had done.

  • 2 Kgs 17:2
    71%

    2He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.