1 Kings 15:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.”

1 Kings 15:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 15:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 15:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.”

1 Kings 15:3 — World English Bible

1 Kings 15:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father. ”

1 Kings 15:3 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 15:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and he walketh in all the sins of his father, that he did before him, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father;”

1 Kings 15:3 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 15:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah hisGod, as the heart of David his father. ”

1 Kings 15:3 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 15:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And hee walked in all the sinnes of his father, which hee had done before him: and his heart was not perfit with the Lord his God as the heart of Dauid his father.”

1 Kings 15:3 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 15:3 in Context — 1 Kings 15

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.

2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.

4 Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

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What Does 1 Kings 15:3 Mean?

1 Kings 15:3 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 15. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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